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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Plot
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.
Cast
Bruce Dern as Howard Blaime
Cindy Sampson as Melanie Blaime
Nicolas Wright as Jimmy Fuller
Robert Higden as Jones
Allison Graham as Deputy Jolene Harris
James Kidnie as Sheriff Nelson Bois
Bronwen Mantel as Shelly
Kwasi Songui as Bigg
Mary-Pier Gaudet as Lisa Jones
Jenna Wheeler-Hughes as Young Dream Girl
Marc Viger Denis as Young Howard Blaime
Production
The film was completely shot in Montréal, Québec and actor Bruce Dern broke his leg on camera running in the woods, one week into the three-week shoot. He finished the film on crutches and using various photo doubles and camera tricks.
Release
It premiered on April 17, 2008 as part of the Houston Film Festival and was released on DVD by Genius Entertainment on April 7, 2009 with no special features.
Reception
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. 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. 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.