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| Baby Firefly | Jan 16 2014, 08:19 AM Post #1 |
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The Devil Himself
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Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear. |
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| Toyland Chairman | Feb 20 2014, 10:29 PM Post #2 |
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Sheriff
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Anyone seen this? How is it? It's supposed to be based on a Marvel Comics character. From the sounds of it, it's a horror movie, and I doubt this character is another Swamp Thing, who was a good guy. |
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| MonkeyParadise | Jul 6 2014, 04:35 AM Post #3 |
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Demon
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Is the monster's look effective at least? |
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| Gorefest180 | Jul 6 2014, 06:22 PM Post #4 |
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Hero
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![]() I like this poster better I don't this will be that good. |
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| Baby Firefly | Jul 6 2014, 09:01 PM Post #5 |
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The Devil Himself
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I might see this not because I'm interested, but because I already some time reading about it in Fangoria magazine almost a decade ago.
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| GL84 | Nov 16 2016, 04:22 PM Post #6 |
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Killer's Therapist
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This here wasn't that bad and had some rather enjoyable parts to it. One of the film's greatest strengths is the swamp-design and lay-out here which is one of the creepiest locations for a film with the long branches, moss dripping off everything, and the generally twisted design of the trees make for a some nice suspense-building. This gives the film such a superb setting for a creature feature that it really sells this one quite nicely on that alone, while there's two other important factors come into play with this as well. The first is the fact that most of the time we are inside the swamp is late at night, which means that it's almost impossible to see five feet into the swamp with the mist that rises over the water, and there is an ever- present green-ish light coming from the swamp that makes it seem even more eerie than it has every right to be, and which creates the appropriate suspense-filled atmosphere. When it gets to the later half and starts in on the action this one gets even better with the fine set done with the location filming. It's opening attack is quite nasty and brutal, the scenes of the sheriff out hunting in the swamp gets in some atmospheric shots while the scene of it stalking the brothers out in the swamp makes for a rather enjoyable sequence, and even the shorter attacks featured here are quite fun with the creature getting in some suspenseful ambushes that are quite fun. The final assault is a pretty nice series of action set-pieces and other moves until the end which is a series of chases and escapes that start with the numerous scenes in the swamp and ending with the big fight at the oil well that's all sorts of fun. The title creature is a pretty nice creation and is certainly original-looking with the root-covered body, crest and human-like form being quite impressive. There is also some great deaths with a fair amount of blood-splatter as well in here which are are enough to hold this one up over it's few flaws. The main element here is the fact that the beginning of the film is pretty slow and it takes a while for the film to get going. This is filled with so much environmental preaching about the sacredness of the swamp and the connection to the native folklore of the region that's quite nice overall but still there's little about it that really seems necessary to tell the story and as a result it's hard to get the film to get the point. Also, even though the creature is a nice overall concept, it's design is pretty weird and not exactly one to strike fear through the odd designs and angles. There was also a repeated element in the film that really annoyed me: the scenes shot from the creatures POV. It works at first to get the viewer a little on ease, then it just becomes annoying and is used too much for it to be an effective tactic. These here hold this one back. |
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