Man-Thing (2005) on Netflix
R20051h 37mActionAdventureHorror
New sheriff Kyle Williams investigates disappearances in Bywater that began after an oil tycoon bought the tribal lands around a swamp. A guardian spirit is said to burn those who feel fear.
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- IMDb4.1/107,725 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes14%
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Plot summary
Kyle Williams arrives in Bywater to take over as sheriff and hears from Deputy Fraser that the man he replaced is one of 47 people who have vanished since Fred Schist, an oil tycoon, bought the old Seminole tribal lands around a swamp. Schist says the land's former owner, chieftain Ted Sallis, sold it lawfully and then left with the money, and he asks the sheriff for help because protesters are opposing his operations and Rene Laroque has been damaging his equipment. Williams looks into the disappearances, including bodies found with plants growing inside them, while photographer Mike Ploog and shaman Pete Horn tell him the local stories about a swamp guardian.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Man-Thing (2005)
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- Avi Arad, then CEO of Marvel Studios, admitted it was a mistake not to keep tabs on the production while it was filmed in Australia, saying "The one hiccup we had was the one project we didn't micromanage" and "We will never do that again."
- Budget constraints forced the removal of most scenes featuring the Man-Thing, including ones that would have given the monster a backstory; some were later reused in a tie-in comic miniseries. The creature appears in only about seven minutes of the film.
- No full-digital model of the Man-Thing was made because of budget limits: the creature was a full-size suit worn by Conan Stevens, a 7 ft Australian ex-wrestler and stuntman, augmented with digital branches, tendrils and eyes.
- The band AzUR recorded "The Man-Thing Lives Again" for the end credits, but the planned promotional music video was pulled for lack of budget, and Marvel did not want to leak advance images of the set and creature costume.
- Director Brett Leonard said the crew had to constantly replace the mud and build up mounds of it to get enough on set, because the swamp was mostly a tank of water.
