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20 Worst Comic-Book Movies Ever

SWAMP THING (1982)
In the comics, Swamp Thing — a sentient mass of heroic moss and muck who protects the planet from environmental and supernatural threats — is synonymous with sophisticated storytelling. But in the movies, Swamp Thing is synonymous with cheese, one that took a surprisingly cool character and made him as silly as he/it appeared to be. Wes Craven's low-fi 1982 flick was actually once warmly regarded by many fanboys not yet spoiled by the looming future of super-serious, super-produced superhero movies. It has its charms: the moment where Swamp Thing (Dick Durock, uncomfortably trapped inside a green rubber suit one step more advanced than Sigmund and the Sea Monster) regenerated a limb was kinda cool. Still, the movie's most memorable special effect was Adrienne Barbeau's jiggle. If all we did was entice you to Google for her deleted nude scene, may the good Lord forgive us. And because we usually don't get to drop these, we'd like to say, one more time: Dick Durock. Somewhere, some schlubby porn actor is banging his head against the wall (so to speak) and cursing his lack of imagination. —Jeff Jensen