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Summary: Strange but interesting movie!
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Weird white goop is discovered in an Alaskan mining facility bubbling out of the ground, a worker decides to taste it as it is a very sweet and delicious tasting thing. It tastes sooo good that it is being now sold as a popular desert product called " The Stuff" that has outsold Ice Cream and Cookie companies. However the food industries have hired an industrial spy named "Mo" ( Played by Michael Morarity) and a cookie king named " Chocolate Chip Charlie" ( Garret Morris) with a kid named " Jason" discover that the popular desert is actually an living deadly alien organism that takes over it's consumer's mind and body then transforms them into intelligent fast-moving zombies. They must stop the Stuff or else the world is in danger from the tasty but deadly resistance of " The Stuff".
An interesting but rather exciting if goofy horror/sci-fi parody from Larry Cohen ( director of " Q: The Winged Serpent" and "It's Alive!") that has an interesting satire of commercialism consuming people and parodies 50's sci-fi/horror movies. The special effects especially on the Stuff are done by David Allen, some of the acting is kind of weak and there is cameos by Abe Vigoda and Tammy Grimes ( whom did Molly on the 1982 cult animated movie The Last Unicorn).
The DVD is a clear transfer with a few flaws on a couple of scenes, there is a couple of good extras like audio commentary by the director and a trailer of the film.
I highly recommend this movie if you like a healthy fun dose of satire and horror with Sci-fi thrown into it.
Also recommended: "Lifeforce", " Fight Club", " Shaun of the Dead", "Dead Alive", " The Return of the Living Dead Trilogy", "Day of the Dead", " Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", "Return of the Killer Tomatoes", " The Blob ( Both versions)", " The Hidden", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", " The Deadly Spawn", " Riki-Oh The Story of Ricky", " Re-Animator", " The Toxic Avenger", " Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn", "An American Werewolf in London", " Killer Klowns from Outer Space", " Bad Taste", " Q: The Winged Serpent", " 28 Days Later...", " Hell of the Living Dead", " Dawn of the Dead ( 2004 remake)", " House of the Dead", "Resident Evil 1 & 2" and " Fist of the North Star" (Animated version).
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Summary: Very Entertaining
Review: "The Stuff" is a movie I had seen many, many times as a child and when I saw it on Amazon, I had to buy it, simply for the nostalgia that would be involved. Well, it was a smart move. As a child, I liked this movie mainly for the visuals. "The Stuff" literally comes alive and moves around, very similiar to how "the Blob" moves, but cooler. Plus, the abundance of "The Stuff" in its packaging is really quite funny.
Watching this movie now, I realize that it actually has a decent plot and the satire on consumerism is quite cutting. Not to mention, this movie actually has great acting. Mike Moriaty is superb and Paul Sorvino will have you holding your belly with laughter. Even the 10 year-old kid does a good job acting, for a B-movie.
I don't like the ending to this movie, it's just too quick, but I would definetly recommend this movie to anyone who:
A.) Loves Horror movies of ALL kinds
B.) Loves "fun" movies, which can't be taken seriously
or C.) Is just curious about what it is all about.
Are you buying it or is it buying you?????
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Summary: EDIBLE BLOB
Review: A very interesting film. IT is a parody and spoof of the advertising world.... It seems that this weird white yogurt-like desert is catching the nation by storm....and it turn out that the more you eat it, the more you became addicted to it..and pretty soon the STUFF takes over your body. Good performances by Michael Moriarty., although the special effects may look a bit cheesy at times...it is obvious that shaving cream was used to simulate the stuff pouring down and out various places.Not the best film ever made, of course, but an interesting one, at that.
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Summary: Originality a-go-go!
Review: About as wacky an idea that horror could ever come up with, The Stuff is righteous stuff (!) with a decent premise for its backbone. Sloppy white goo makes istelf known and before long is sold in supermarkets, etc and is turning people's life upside as they search for more. Brilliant performances and a witty script are marred ever slightly by a weak conclusion and passable special effects. For a film to pass itself as a horror, it doesn't quite work as either horror or comedy, but it's got you gripped from the first second to its road-warrior explosion packed ending. Oh, and Paul Sorvino is in it too. Great stuff ...
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Summary: Trash to OWN for any B Horror Fan!
Review: Amazingly bad! Are you eating it... or is it eating you? Yes, that's actually the tag line. For any fan of awful horror movies I wouldnt recommend renting this. Just buy it. Show your friends and we can all laugh at Cohen's cross-eyed brainchild. I hope this movie was meant to be funny, cause if not-- I feel for them. I give this movie 4 stars simply for its uniqueness.
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Summary: Good stuff
Review: As a rather unsubtle allegory of mindless consumerism The Stuff works quite well. It'd be easy to dismiss it as an 80's shlockfest but there is some brains behind it and Larry Cohen (the very man who wrote Maniac Cop, Phone Booth and Cellular) keeps the film fun until the last frame.
It's a cool story too. A weird goo oozes out of the ground in a quarry and it tastes good. So good in fact that within days it's being sold in mass, mass, incredibly mass quantities to the whole country. People are having it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desert and supper. They feed it to their pets and put it in their coffee. Enough is not enough as the slogan goes.
Rival candy companies don't like the look of this and hire a very smooth industrial spy, David `Mo' Rutherford, to find out exactly what it is. What he finds is rather sinister indeed. And with the help of a commercial maker, a runaway kid and a gung-ho militia leader he tries to put a stop to The Stuff.
My main problem is that the origins off The Stuff and its `intentions' are never fully revealed or exploited. It ends without a satisfactory explanation which is quite a shame considering how much potential is wasted. There are stories that Larry Cohen cut 30 minutes of erm...stuff from the movie and perhaps there's more to the missing scenes. But for what it is, The Stuff, is a fun 90-minute movie that will not linger in your memory too long after seeing it.
Anchor Bay's DVD of The Stuff presents the film in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. The picture is generally clean and dirt free but has some trouble in a few scenes. The Mono sound is adequate and tolerable but the ADR is too apparent in the early scenes and there are brief drop-outs towards the end. A commentary by Larry Cohen is also included.
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Summary: Frightnite Theatre
Review: First saw this wierd flick when I was a little lad; ok I aint so little even now. However, this movie had a really interesting plot about some subterreanen organism that some company sells as a refreshing dairy dessert. Needless to say, something goes wrong. The special arent bad for this movie and its a real refresher against the usual blood and gore splatter-stars.
Anyway,the story revolves around a boy whose family has become "stuffed" and they try to force him to eat it. He escapes with this lady and they hook up with other people to find the real deal of the Stuff. The ending isnt all gore out but its disturbing in its own way to have the men who started the whole thing get a "taste" of their own medicine. Good film
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Summary: A cassic comes to DVD
Review: Got the DVD - i've been a fan of The Stuff ever since it came out. I love Larry Cohen movies, but this, by far, is his most intriguing. I almost had a heart attack when I saw it was available on DVD. The film is great - accept its many flaws and hammy dialogue - because it's worth checking out for its pure brashness and unflinching consumer pops. For all of you out there who want to know how it translates to DVD - let me explain. The print is of very good quality and sound. Everything is fine in those departments. There's only one criticism I have about the DVD transfer - it brings out the special effects and spoils them. There are numerous moments throughout the film where it blatantly uses blue screen and those shots are very noticeable and apparent. They're not so bad in the video version. Apart from that, everything's great. The menu screen is excellent and inspiring; a splat of the white goo slurps and bubbles over the menu screen to the music from the film. But what I really fell in love with was the director's commentary from Cohen. He rarely stops speaking and goes into minute attention to every detail as it happens. What a great guy. Find out for yourself and buy the DVD - a very worthwhile purchase (particularly because the video is hard to find).
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Summary: from Fringe Video Fanzine Issue #005
Review: I consider Larry Cohen to be the king of the independent monster movie genre. Like George Romero [Dawn of the Dead (1978) his films are filled with as much over-the-top special FX [It's Alive (1974); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)], as they are with attacks on the social consciousness of society. Michael Moriarty [Along Came A Spider (2001); Law & Order - TV series (1990)] plays David Rutherford an industrial spy sent out to discover why the most popular dessert food in America is selling so well. American materialism is satirized as Rutherford finds that the product is low in calories, delicious tasting, and habit forming, by why does it slither around at night in the fridge. It seems that the source for this food product is a gooey marshmallow looking living parasitical substance that bubbled up from the ground in Virginia. When digested in large amounts the tasty dish will rot a consumer from the inside out turning them into zombies. Michael Moriarty teems up with militant right-wing conservatives led by Col. Malcolm Grommett Spears [played by Paul Sorvino / Romeo + Juliet (1996); Goodfellas (1990)]. In a fluffy ending, together they must stop 'The Stuff' before it's too late. A cross between Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1958 / 1978) and The Blob (1958 / 1988) this entertaining movie is a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
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Summary: The Stuff vs. The Taste
Review: I first watched this movie as a small child, and I have loved it ever since. The DVD is top notch, especially the bonus tracks. I love how they spend all this time to market this new product in the film, if only they had spent as much effort to market the actual film, it would be as classic as Attack of the Killer Tomatos and Egah. Great DVD...brings back great memories!
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