Wes Craven’s SWAMP THING is being remastered in 4K

The 1982 film adaptation by Wes Craven Swamp thing is getting a 4K remaster and I couldn’t be more excited! I love this movie! This is one of the movies that I watched when I was super young, and when I got older there were some images from the film that would pop into my mind from time to time and I didn’t know where those images came from.

When I was about 14 Swamp thing it popped up on TV, and as I watched, I started recognizing all these crazy images that started to match up with the images I’ve had in my head since I was a kid. It was as if the mystery of those images had been solved! It was quite a wild and cool day!

Now, 41 years after the film’s original release, the film is getting the 4K treatment. MVD Visual will release the remastered Swamp Thing as a 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition on August 8, marking the first time Craven’s cult classic is available in the enhanced format.

The two-disc set includes a 16-bit scan of the original camera negative, restoring both the US theatrical PG cut and the international 4K unrated version, and a new HD restoration of both versions presented in the original 1.85 format: 1 on Blue Ray. Pre-orders are already available on Amazon.

The official synopsis: “Deep in the darkest Florida Everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise, Robocop) and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter’s The Fog) have developed a secret formula that could end world starvation and change civilization forever. Little do they know, however, that their archenemy, Arcane (Louis Jourdan, Octopussy) is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish plans. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable , Arcane floods Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead in the swamp.Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes the “Swamp Thing”, a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to save the beautiful Cable and defeat the evil Arcane… even if it costs him his life”.

CHARACTERISTICS:
DISC 1: 4K ULTRA HD
2023 4K restoration (16-bit scan of the original camera negative) of both the US theatrical PG version and the international unrated version of the film presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio in Dolby Vision/HDR
Audio: DTS-HD Master 2.0 Mono, Spanish Mono
Optional English subtitles Audio commentary with writer/director Wes Craven moderated by Sean Clark (Theatrical / PG version)
Audio commentary with makeup effects artist William Munn moderated by Michael Felsher (Theatrical / PG version)
“4K LaserVision” cover mini-collector poster
Limited Edition Lining (First Printing Only)

DISC 2: BLU-RAY
2023 HD Restoration of both the US theatrical PG version and the international unrated version of the film presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio
Audio commentary with writer/director Wes Craven moderated by Sean Clark (Theatre / PG version)
Audio commentary with makeup effects artist William Munn moderated by Michael Felsher (Theatrical / PG version) Audio: DTS-HD Master 2.0 mono, Spanish mono
Optional English subtitles
“Tales From the Swamp” (remastered) with actress Adrienne Barbeau (HD, 16:56)
“Hey Jude” with actor Reggie Batts (HD, 2.30pm)
“That Swamp Thing” with Swamp Thing creator Len Wein (HD, 1:19pm)
Featurette “Swamp Screen: Designing DC’s Main Monster” (HD, 20:32)
Featurette “From Krug to Comics: How the Mainstream Shaped a Radical Genre Voice” (HD, 17:34)
Posters and entrance tickets – Photo gallery
Photos from the film – Photo gallery Behind the scenes images of William Munns – Photo gallery
Behind the Scenes Photos by Geoffrey Rayle – Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailer (HD, 1:31)

Early pressings will include a limited-edition cover, with each set packaged with a “4K LaserVision” Collectible Mini-Poster of the cover (below).