The stuff

Original title: The Stuff

19851985
K-16K-16
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

17K

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A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.

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A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume... Read allA delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

17K

YOUR RATING

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Colette Blonigan, Brian Bloom, Scott Bloom, and Robert Frank Telfer in The stuff (1985)

Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Moriarty, and John Newton in The stuff (1985)

Michael Moriarty and Garrett Morris in The stuff (1985)

Andrea Marcovicci and Michael Moriarty in The stuff (1985)

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Trivia
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 Painajainen Elm Streetillä (1984) when Johnny Depp's character Glen is sucked into his bed and his blood is regurgitated back out onto the ceiling.

Goofs
All of the license plates seen in the movie are from New York State.

Quotes
David 'Mo' Rutherford: No one is as dumb as I appear to be.

Crazy credits
Brooke Adams holding a container of Stuff as in a commercial: "Enough is never enough."

Alternate versions
The original VHS release omitted the black-market Stuff.

Connections
Featured in Svengoolie: The Stuff (1995)

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7/10

Very Fun

This movie is a fun, interesting take on the horror genre of alien invasion and mind/body control made famous by the likes of "The Thing" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." It's also a great commentary on the dangers of mindless consumerism.

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