 For example, as in "The Last House on the Left" (1972), and "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), Craven shows a close connection between the landscape and his characters.The film was adapted in comic form as "Swamp Thing Annual" #1.PopMatters journalist J.C. Maçek III wrote, "As much fun as this film can be (and it often is), it's equally often difficult to ignore that "Swamp Thing" ultimately is, at core, a rubber-suit monster movie."