CMT - Return Of Swamp Thing

You know, it never fails. Whenever you’re up late, there never seems to be anything good on TV. You don’t get to see 'The Dark Knight Rises” at 2:00 am and there’s no “Casino Royale” at that time of night either. All you can find is some B-films and some bad horror movies and if that’s the case, you could do a lot worse than this.

Classic Movie Trailers: “The Return Of Swamp Thing” (1989)

This movie isn't pretentious. In fact, it’s intentionally lighthearted. I’m sure that the director, Jim Wynorski, knew that he didn’t have a blockbuster on his hands. There’s some really bad acting in here, a few cheesy and dated special effects and the dialogue isn’t brilliant.

But, you know what? The dialogue is funny. The effects are funny. The bad acting is really funny and the movie takes full advantage of that.

Now don’t get me wrong, the movie has some good performances. Sara Douglas (Superman II's “Ursa”) does well. Louis Jordan and the kids do a good job and there's Heather Locklear, who is charming in spite of her dialogue. She knew full well that she wasn't in “Gone With The Wind” and she just shrugged, laughed and had a good time with it and that's what this movie is, a good time.

So if you're up at 2 am. and you're flicking through the channels like you've got ADHD, I doubt you'll turn away from this. It’s just weird enough, just silly enough, just funny enough, to be really entertaining and as tired as you are at that time, you won’t fall asleep.

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