The Stuff (1985)

Taglines:

Are you eating it ...or is it eating you? See more »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 1985 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

A Coisa See more »

Filming Locations:

Accord, New York, USA See more »

Budget:

$1,700,000 (estimated)

Production Co:

Larco Productions, New World Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Trivia

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. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene at the Stuff factory, they stumble across a room full of Stuffies dressed in yellow, lying on the floor. In the shot directly after Jason says "Whatever was inside of them must have just taken off," the camera pans around all of the Stuffies, who all have their mouths open and tongues sticking out. The actor at the top of the screen (the farthest from camera) is wiggling his mouth and tongue rapidly, indicating that not only he is very much alive, but quite likely didn't even hear the director's call of action. See more »

Quotes

[First lines]
Old Miner: [finds the Stuff bubbling out of the ground] What the hell is this? Sure smooth.
[he tastes some]
Old Miner: That tastes real good! Tasty! Sweet!
Second Miner: Harry, what're you doin' down there, takin' a leak?
Old Miner: No.
Second Miner: Want us to wait for ya?
Old Miner: No, you guys go on ahead. I'll catch up to ya later.
[continues eating the Stuff]
Old Miner: I'll be damned. Whatever that could be, it's mighty good.
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Crazy Credits

Brooke Adams holding a container of Stuff as in a commercial: "Enough is
never enough." See more »

Connections

Features Zaxxon (1982) See more »