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14 June 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
Are you eating it ...or is it eating you? morePlot:
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... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
Maniac Cop to Remain Silent No Longer!(From Dread Central. 25 August 2008, 11:10 AM, PDT)
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There's more to this movie than satire moreCast
(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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According to audio commentary on the 2000 Anchor Bay DVD, the scene in the motel where the Stuff comes out of the mattress and pillows and attacks the man on the wall and ceiling was shot in a room that could turn upside down, allowing the Stuff to move up and down the wall. It was exactly the same room used in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) when Johnny Depp's character Glen is sucked into his bed and his blood is regurgitated back out onto the ceiling. moreGoofs:
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. moreFAQ
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I LOVE this movie. I rented it in high school because the cover looked like it was going to be total horror schlock. This of course was not the case.
On the surface, it definitely satirizes American consumerism.... but after several discussions with my friends, we noticed something else. This movie also seems to be Cold War era anti-communist propaganda. The Stuff, seemingly innocent at first, possesses and adapts you as part of the machine to further its spread around the globe (just as we were told in the ages of the Red Scare, communists are everywhere, and you can't tell them apart from you or I, and they will try to CONVERT YOU). Before long, all the people are willing slaves of the Stuff machine (the Stuffies), and they seek out the few that aren't under the Stuff's grip to force them into becoming part of the hive mind. It takes the actions of a few patriotic Americans (in the form of the Georgia Militia) to conquer and defeat the Stuffies (the Communists hidden among us).
I highly suggest checking this movie out, as it really is a great film, regardless of whether you agree with my opinion of what the movie is about.