Man-Thing(2005)
2005 · Brett Leonard · 97 min
Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear.
Action · Horror · Adventure · Science Fiction · Romance
4.3235 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is Man-Thing?
Man-Thing is a swamp-set creature movie that plays more like a B-grade monster romp than a genuinely scary film. It leans on murky, foggy atmosphere and quick monster attacks rather than sustained dread, with the creature bursting out of the muck for sudden kills. The threat is a folklore-based swamp guardian, so there's a supernatural edge, but the movie treats it more like a rubber-suit monster flick than anything eerie or cerebral. It's the kind of low-budget creature feature you watch for fun cheesy thrills, not something that stays with you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Man-Thing rates psychological 2/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 15 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, mystery-driven start that gradually adds scattered scares before ramping into a busier, action-heavy back stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3.
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