Swamp Devil (2008)

A young girl finds out some disturbing supernatural truths about her father, who has been a suspect to multiple murder cases.

Director:

David Winning

Writers:

Gary Dauberman (story), Gary Dauberman (teleplay),

Stars:

Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson, Nicolas Wright

4 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bruce Dern	...	Howard Blaime
Cindy Sampson	...	Melanie Blaime
Nicolas Wright	...	Jimmy Fuller
Robert Higden	...	Jones
Allison Graham	...	Deputy Jolene Harris
James Kidnie	...	Sheriff Nelson Bois
Bronwen Mantel	...	Shelly
Kwasi Songui	...	Bigg
Mary-Pier Gaudet	...	Lisa Jones
Jenna Wheeler-Hughes	...	Young Dream Girl
Marc V. Denis	...	Young Howard (as Marc Viger Denis)

Storyline

Sweet young Melanie Blaine returns to her small backwoods country hometown of Gibbington to check on her estranged ex-sheriff father Howard, who's the primary suspect in a series of grisly murders. Nice guy local Jimmy Fuller helps Melanie out. Melanie eventually finds her dad and discovers that something not human and much more sinister than a mere mortal man is responsible for the killings.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | monster | forest | swamp | loss of daughter | 

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Taglines:

Evil Lies Beneath The Surface

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 April 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ciénaga diabólica

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bruce Dern broke his leg during the second week of production.

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Goofs

In the scene where they are driving towards the county line at the end of the movie, the "swamp devil" pulls the tailgate off the pickup truck, but as they turn around in the next scene, the tailgate is back on and before the truck explodes, the tailgate is back off.

User Reviews

Out on a limb

Bruce Dern (!) gets top billing in this no-budget, made-for-cable clunker about a murderous swamp monster (looking suspiciously at times like Swamp Thing or Man-Thing). A young woman returns to her hometown to find out what happened to her missing dad, a former sheriff suspected in a series of gruesome killings. An odd fellow about her age pops up out of nowhere and befriends her, while the local constabulary and a gun-toting local almost kill her upon her arrival. She eventually finds her dad (Dern) hiding in the woods, and together they fight the creature. The creature is typical SyFy Channel CGI, and not particularly intimidating or scary-looking. The director shows way too much of it, and way too early on. Acting is par for the genre. A snoozer, ideal for those having trouble sleeping.