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Writer:
Larry Cohen (writer)
Release Date:
14 June 1985 (USA)
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Tagline:
Are you eating it ...or is it eating you? more
Plot:
Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good...
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Stuff
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Ice Cream
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Advertising
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Blob
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Fake Commercial
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(2 articles)
Jill Gatsby's new horror film 'The Torture of Delva Mills'
(From pretty-scary. 18 November 2009, 1:57 PM, PST)
Maniac Cop to Remain Silent No Longer!
(From Dread Central. 25 August 2008, 11:10 AM, PDT)
(From pretty-scary. 18 November 2009, 1:57 PM, PST)
Maniac Cop to Remain Silent No Longer!
(From Dread Central. 25 August 2008, 11:10 AM, PDT)
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From beneath the ground to the frozen food aisle...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Moriarty | ... | David 'Mo' Rutherford |
 | Andrea Marcovicci | ... | Nicole |
| Garrett Morris | ... | 'Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs |
 | Paul Sorvino | ... | Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears |
| Scott Bloom | ... | Jason |
 | Danny Aiello | ... | Vickers |
| Patrick O'Neal | ... | Fletcher |
| James Dixon | ... | Postman |
| Alexander Scourby | ... | Evans |
| Russell Nype | ... | Richards |
| Gene O'Neill | ... | Scientist |
| Catherine Schultz | ... | Waitress |
| James Dukas | ... | Gas Attendant |
| Peter Hock | ... | Miner |
| Colette Blonigan | ... | Jason's Mother |
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93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Fun Stuff
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According to the audio commentary on the 2000 Anchor Bay DVD, some of the substance props or stand-ins for the real Stuff used in the movie included lots of Häagen Däzs ice-cream, yogurt, and, for one scene involving an enormous avalanche-like effect of Stuff crashing though a wall, fire-extinguishing foam. Other shots, such as the ones of the giant lake of Stuff required superimposed images and animation.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the hotel room scene when the stuff is pushing the man up the wall if you look closely where the two main characters are supposed to be standing and watching the event you can see they are replaced by stand-ins, and only the characters voices can be heard.
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Col. Malcolm Grommett Spears:
Pay the drivers, issue a ten-percent tip, get a cash receipt.
Militants: Yes, sir!
Col. Malcolm Grommett Spears: Proceed to the main lobby; we will reassemble! HUP!
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Militants: Yes, sir!
Col. Malcolm Grommett Spears: Proceed to the main lobby; we will reassemble! HUP!
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Referenced in "Futurama: Fry and the Slurm Factory (#2.4)" (1999)
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It came from beneath the ground. The Stuff. It's the new dairy craze that turns it's addicted victims into mutating zombies. The movie is about three people attempting to get to The Stuff before it gets to them.
The Stuff is a metaphor for drug smuggling/drug addictions, which is obviously evident from the ending. Although, it could be read as metaphorical of any kind of destructive addiction, really. It could also be held as a metaphor of products liability and the lengths companies will go to rack up profits, even in the face of defective products.
The Stuff, starring Michael Miarity, Paul Sorvino, and those gorgeous Bloom Brothers, is actually not quite as ridiculous as a glance at the box might lead one to believe. In fact, it's actually a rather funny zombie-like tale with Michael Miarity as Moe "why do they call me Mo? Because when people give me money I always ask for Mo!" as he repeatedly jokes to his frustrated associates. Moe is the guy sent to find out what The Stuff is by competitor's wishing to jump on the market. But, Moe figures out much more than that. Hence, his mission to try to get rid of it.
Paul Sorvino, always a terrific actor, is funny as the overzealous army commander trying too hard to maintain his position as leader of this coup against that lovable dairy treat.
What's more is that the special effects, which in my book are about 80% of a horror film, were, much to my surprise, pretty damned good. In fact, I was actually surprised by the whole thing really, and actually came to enjoy it.
If you enjoy The Stuff, perhaps you'll enjoy a 1994 Australian horror film of a similar nature entitled 'Body Melt.' Beware, however, that Body Melt is much weirder and tons more gross than the occurrences in The Stuff, if you'd call the Stuff gross at all.