The Return of the Swamp Thing had a release date of May 12, 1989. Based on the DC Comic property, the sequel to The Swamp Thing took a less serious approach. Louis Jourdan returned as Dr Anton Arcane and Dick Durock as Swamp Thing. Louis Jourdan only made one more movie after this, The Year of the Comet. Adrienne Barbeau's character was written out and the female lead Abby Arcane was played by Heather Locklear. Dr Anton Arcane was joined by henchmen Dr Lana Zurrell (Sarah Douglas), Dr Rochelle (Ace Mask), Miss Poinsettia (Monique Gabrielle) and Gunn (Joey Sagal). Master voice artist Frank Welker provided all the monster sounds. Wes Craven was not brought back as director. Released before Tim Burton's Batman, it became the first comic book movie to recieve a PG-13 rating. The film was chosen by Rifftrax (Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett) to be the subject of one of their annual Rifftrax Live Presentations in 2022. ("The Return of the Swamp Thing", DC Comic Movie Event)
