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 whos... Read allAgents 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.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.
- Fraser
- (as Alex O'Lachlan)
- Jake
- (as Pat Thompson)
- Nurse
- (as Xoqui Pesce)
- Man-Thing
- (as Mark Stevens)
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Did you know
- TriviaA test screening for the film was held in which a lot of the audience walked out before it even ended.
- GoofsAfter Schist gives Kyle the middle finger, he turns to his left to leave. But when the angle changes, he's turned to his right instead.
- Quotes
Mike Ploog: Can you smell that, Sheriff? It's the perfume of my future. Point, click, fame.
[hears Man-Thing roaring out in the swamp]
Mike Ploog: There it is! Gotta go. Good luck out there, man! It's the cover of Life magazine, man!
Sheriff Kyle Williams: *Life* magazine? *Life* magazine went out of business, you fucking idiot!
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Written by Ed Cobb
Published by Embassy Music Corporation BMI
Performed by Imogen Bailey
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[plays during the party in the woods at the start of the movie]
Problems begin with two things: The script and the actors. The screenplay offers lots of typical horror conventions: Throwaway monster victims, cheap pop scares, greedy and unrealistic bad guys, wise Indians who know about the monster, and so on. If you know the genre, you're probably familiar with this set-up by now, and it can be very tiring. The actors are mostly weak (Save for lead actor Matthew Le Nevez who wasn't bad), and those "southern" accents sure sound Australian if you ask me!
"Man Thing" is flawed and offers a familiar set-up, but if you can overlook that you'll be treated to a gory, creepy monster movie. Better than most made-for-TV horror films I've seen, and I've seen a lot.
6/10.
- willywants
- Jun 22, 2005
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- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,123,136
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1(original aspect ratio / TV & DVD)