gavin6942 Deep in the rural swamps of Texas, Dr. Simond Trent (Jeff Alexander) is conducting experiments on the local swamp people in an attempt to discover the secret of evolution. When a party of oil surveyors comes upon his isolated laboratory he decides to take the final step and turn one of them into a grotesque amphibious creature.First of all, if you are watching this for the "swamp creature", you may be disappointed. It gets a very, very few minutes of screen time. But if you want to see the story of a scientist that thinks life evolves from a swamp, including people evolving from snakes rather than apes, then you might like this.The picture quality is a bit odd. Not good or bad, but hard to really define. At least we get science fiction legend John Agar.

Major Woody I don't know where to begin with this monstrosity of a movie. The title, and the TV guide synopsis caught my eye. What I watched instead was a horror of a film that brought horrible acting, awful camera work, cheesy dialog, awful editing and dubbing, and a (merciful) all too brief glimpse of the cheapest monster ever to grace B movies. From the house that looks like it was in some subdivision ( complete with electric meter even though the mad Dr mentions the house is powered by it's own generator since there is no electricity for miles) that was passed off as being in the depths of a remote swamp; to the crystal clear pool water in the alligator pit in some shots that magically transforms into muddy water stock shots of alligators. To think that John Agar, who 15 years prior to this was acting alongside John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and other great actors, and was directed by John Ford, being reduced to this schlock is mind boggling. There was one scene where the mad Dr is on the gator pool diving board talking to his assistant, and then a second later the assistant is gone. No mention if he went in the pool, went back to the house, or just quit the film in disgust, although he did reappear later in the film. The karate chop by the older, smaller henchman to the huge other henchman, which appears to be about as powerful as a gnat landing on you, knocks out the huge guy. The Dr overacts so severely that calling him a ham would be a disservice to all hams. I can't imagine the budget for this thing reaching four figures, and that would be generous. I think the reason the monster did her ( or him) self in at the end was that she ( or he) realized just how awful the mask and the entire movie was. I can honestly say that this movie is without a doubt the worst movie I have ever watched. I would give it a zero, but unfortunately 1 is the lowest rating we can give on here.

Bloodwank Remaking already cheapskate B pictures at a fraction of the original cost, it's a heck of a job. Curse of the Swamp Creature doesn't even have the dignity of solid source material that Larry Buchanan's other Azalea Pictures remakes had, being based on the already generally dismissed Voodoo Woman, but somehow he pulls off a bizarrely engagingly, dreamily enveloping good time. Opportunistic and murder happy thieves head off into the swamp with a geologist to nab his possible oil claim, but come across a mad scientist turning native swamp dwellers into reptilian mutants. It's as silly as it sounds, but Buchanan goes for hypnotic atmosphere rather than tight construction, focusing on his swampland setting and near omnipresent soundtrack, with pitter-patter of voodoo drums to lull anyone into the barely awake. The plot twitches along in fits and spurts instead of flowing, little bursts of action or talk to break the (literal and figurative) mist that is the films chief weapon, it's a good way of doing things because it allows for minimal dialogue and maximum strangeness. Things get a bit dull at times, buy there usually isn't too much separating the interesting stuff appearing, whether it be voodoo ceremonies (dancing, plastic skull) or laboratory shots (coloured liquid in jars, something strange in a dry ice coffin). Acting is fair but undistiguished as one might expect, with the most fun coming from Jeff Alexander as the mad scientist of the piece Dr. Simond Trent, expounding bonkers theories and setting about his work with tetchy impatience and casual meanness. Frequent Buchanan flier Tony Huston (who also wrote this one) appears as Dr. Trent's assistant, vainly trying for a bit of normality, fellow Buchanan regular Annabelle Weenick appears briefly as well while b movie veteran John Agar appears a little at sea as the heroic geologist stumbling upon the whole mess. We also have the lovely Francine York as Dr. Trent's sadly put upon wife, harried and sympathetic and Shirley McLine, beautiful, scheming and crooked. By and large a good set of turns though nothing to really set the screen on fire. I don't think many will be impressed to be honest, this seems to be one of those perennial cinematic "turkeys", I think its slowness and abstention from sanity or reality give it quite a good hook and indeed while watching I felt it slowly take grip, shonky strangeness creeping into my skull. In fact when things did come to a head, with monster revelation and the expected climax it was almost a let down after what had gone before. Still, it brought me chuckles and I guess that's a good note on which to end. Altogether then, a film for Buchanan fans only, but it is a pretty decent time if it's your sort of thing.

AngryChair I can't begin to tell you how terrible this bottom-of-the-barrel B movie is!! I myself am a huge fan of B horror films and even I HATED this lame movie. The plot seems to be this, a mad doctor living in the swamp tries to create a monster with his human guests. As though that wasn't a hokey enough storyline, the production values of the film are as flat as a pancake. I've seen student films of much better quality. The swamp creature of the title is beyond goofy-looking and is featured for only a few moments in the climax of the film!! Did I mention the film was dubbed something terrible? It is. One would do better to mute the movie and make-up you're own dialog, it would certainly be more entertaining!Oh yes, and in case you want to know just what the CURSE of the Swamp Creature is, it's this movie. That's all. Augh!BOMB out of ****