Deep in the rural swamps of Texas the mad Dr. Simond Trent is conducting experiments on the local swamp people in an attempt to discover the secret of evolution. When a party of oil ...
See full summary »
See the TV shows set to premiere in the rest of 2020, including "Utopia" and Season 2 of "The Mandalorian."
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: Curse of the Swamp Creature (TV Movie 1968)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| John Agar | ... | Barry Rogers | |
| Francine York | ... | Pat Trent | |
 |
Jeff Alexander | ... | Dr. Simond Trent |
|
|
Shirley McLine | ... | Brenda Simmons |
|
|
Cal Duggan | ... | Ritchie |
|
|
Charles McLine | ... | Rabbit Simms |
| Bill McGhee | ... | Tracker (as Bill McGee) | |
|
|
Ted Mitchell | ... | Valjean |
|
|
Roger Ready | ... | Frenchie (as Rodger Ready) |
| Bill Thurman | ... | Driscoll West / The Swamp Creature | |
| Tony Huston | ... | Tom (as Tony Houston) | |
|
|
Gayle Johnson | ... | Mura |
|
|
Michael Tolden | ... | Elderly Father |
| Annabelle Weenick | ... | Hotel Clerk | |
| Patrick Cranshaw | ... | Pilot (as Pat Cranshaw) | |
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
Storyline
Deep in the rural swamps of Texas the mad Dr. Simond Trent 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. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>
Taglines:
MOASASOURI - A MONSTER FROM ANOTHER AGE...with terrifying destructive powers...his victims fight for their lives in a silent, eerie underwater battleground!Certificate:
UnratedParents Guide:
View content advisory »
Edit
Dr. Simond Trent: Yes, but acclaim... that's nothing. To create life, to move it up and down the evolutionary path... that's something. Something I don't you quite appreciate, Tom.
See more »
(uncredited)
from Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Composed by Ronald Stein
See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
The film re-uses Ronald Stein's previous music from both It Conquered the World and Invasion of the Saucer Men. See more »Quotes
Tom: Doctor, I was thinking... just the work that you've done with the crocodiles and taking them back along the evolutionary path and making them into fish would be enough to win you world acclaim.Dr. Simond Trent: Yes, but acclaim... that's nothing. To create life, to move it up and down the evolutionary path... that's something. Something I don't you quite appreciate, Tom.
See more »
Soundtracks
Music cues(uncredited)
from Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Composed by Ronald Stein
See more »
Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
February 1968 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Curse of the Swamp Creature See more »Company Credits
Show more on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.
Director Larry Buchanan's Curse of the Swamp Creature is a worthy companion to the parade of "swamp-stomping mad scientist trying to shake off meddlesome interloper" films which populate one of horror's tiniest genres. It's not hard to make waves in such a small pond, and Curse of the Swamp Creature certainly doesn't disappoint devoted horror fans, many of whom follow Larry Buchanan as a kind of successor to Schlock horror's undisputed Grand Champion, Ed Wood.
The Curse of the Swamp Creature is that he lives at all. In the murkiest reaches of Louisiana's bayou a reclusive scientist experiments with the genetic map and creates a sort of man-phibian out of one of his apprentices. Meanwhile a cadre of well-meaning interlopers and less-well-meaning con-artists threatens the Doctor's harmonious freak-making activities and themselves become fodder for future human-animal hybrids. If they don't stop him, no one will be safe from "The Curse of the Swamp Creature."
All of the elements of good "bad" cinema are here in spades. Dopey acting, campy dialog, silly monsters, and interior sets that look like someone's Grandma's house got invaded over the weekend and turned into an evil laboratory brimming with everything one would need to do radical genetic engineering. Well, maybe not everything. But he does have an aquarium and some test tubes.