Swamp Devil | |
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Directed by | David Winning |
Screenplay by | Gary Dauberman Ethlie Ann Vare |
Story by | Gary Dauberman |
Produced by | Irene Litinsky Ric Nish |
Starring | Bruce Dern Cindy Sampson Nicolas Wright |
Cinematography | Daniel Vincelette |
Edited by | Simon Webb |
Music by | James Gelfand |
Production company | Muse Entertainment |
Distributed by | Genius Entertainment RHI Entertainment |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Swamp Devil is a 2008 Canadian horror film directed by David Winning and starring Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson and Nicolas Wright. It is the thirteenth film in the Maneater film series.
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Melanie Blaime returns to her hometown of Gibbington, Vermont because her father, a former sheriff, is wanted for multiple murders. Jimmy Fuller wants to help find her father, and it looks as if something incredibly sinister is responsible for the corpses in Gibbington-that creature known as the Swamp Devil.
The film was completely shot in Montréal, Québec [1] and actor Bruce Dern broke his leg on camera running in the woods, one week into the three-week shoot. [2] He finished the film on crutches and using various photo doubles and camera tricks.
It premiered on April 17, 2008 as part of the Houston Film Festival [3] and was released on DVD by Genius Entertainment on April 7, 2009 with no special features. [4]
Justin Felix, of DVD Talk, said that if you like your horror cheap and dumb - and don't have access to the Sci-Fi Channel - then this is worth a rental. [5] Michael Simpson, of CinemaSpy, said that the film is a cheesy, predictable but entertaining chiller that isn't likely to scare the pants off anyone in their teens or older and that Winning's direction created enough suspense that such cliches were unnecessary. [6] A Fangoria review says that the film pulls no punches about what it is—a throwaway monster flick that borrows heavily from Swamp Thing and the vine-attack sequence from Evil Dead II . [7]