Comic Book Movies: Swamp Thing (1982) (1986 Embassy VHS Reissue)

Title: Swamp Thing

Box Tagline: Science Made Him Into Monster. Loved Changed Him Even More!

Starring: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, Dick Durock

Directed By: Wes Craven

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 1982

VHS Release Year: 1986

Distributor: Embassy Home Entertainment

Box Type: Slipcase

Catalog #: 1605

Previews/Trailers: N/A

1986 cardboard slipcase reissued by Embassy Home Entertainment.

The "Gold" Embassy Home Entertainment Ident precedes the feature. The FBI warning appears after the end credits.

Like all North American VHS releases, this is the U.S. theatrical version without the extra footage of Adrienne Barbeau's nude bathing scene.

Contains no previews/trailers.

Other versions of Swamp thing on VHS are the original 1982 Embassy clamshell (With the white Embassy ident preceding the feature), and the 2000 MGM Movietime reissue from MGM Home Entertainment. I do not own the 2000 MGM Movietime release but I'm assuming MGM used the extended International cut that they used for the DVD release that features the longer Adrienne Barbeau nude bathing scene.

One of my all time favorite movie posters.

Comic Book Movies: Swamp Thing (1982) (2005 DVD MGM Reissue)

Title: Swamp Thing

Box Tagline: Science Made Him A Monster!

Starring: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, Dick Durock

Directed By: Wes Craven

Genre: Horror

Release Year: 1982

DVD Release Year: 2005

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment & Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Box Type: Keep case (Poly-box)

Catalog #: 1008658

Previews/Trailers: Swamp Thing (1982)

Extras: N/A

Reissued in 2005 by MGM Home Entertainment & Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

The MGM Ident and the United Artists Ident precede the feature. The MGM ident appears after the credits.

This is the U.S. theatrical version without the extra footage of Adrienne Barbeau's nude bathing scene.

The original MGM DVD released in 2000 featured the International version with the Barbeau nude scene intact. Read why it was recalled in 2002 here.

The covers for the MGM DVD's are terrible, they didn't even add the extra sentence, "Love Changed Him Even More!" to finish the tagline.

Features an anti-piracy commercial before the DVD menu. 

The sole special feature is the awesome 1982 Theatrical Trailer for Swamp Thing.

A holographic cover with different artwork was glued to the outside of the DVD case, which covers the lame DVD cover. Both covers suck though. 

This Lame holographic cover was glued to the front of the DVD case.