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Part of the B-Movie Collection from Boulevard Entertainment, featuring 12 of the most kitsch and memorable B-Movie titles ever made. Collect all 12 single titles to reveal iconic spine art work. A satirical horror movie about a designer foodstuff that takes the public by storm... but are they eating it or is it eating them? Another cult classic from director Larry Cohen (It's Alive, Black Caesar, Q - The Winged Serpent).
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The stuff is an alien substance of sorts, found bubbling out of the ground in small towns across the United States. It looks like ice-cream, tastes great and, once it takes hold of you it becomes addictive and deadly. But what is its secret ingredient?
Enter Michael Moriarty (A Return to Salem's Lot), who is hired as an industrial saboteur by representatives of a food company to find out just what makes the stuff so addictive. As the stuff becomes more readily available, the people selling it are no longer content to merchandise it through through the smaller outlets. They begin to advertise it nationwide.
David 'Mo' Rutherford (Moriarty)tracks the stuff across country, with Nicole (Andrea Marcovicci) and a young boy, Jason (Scott Bloom), witnessing its effects on the population. During their efforts they are assisted by Col. Malcolm Grommett Spears (Paul Sorvino) and the wacky cookie entrepreneur, Chocolate Chip Charlie (Garrett Morris, Saturday Night Live). As the film progresses, it becomes impossible to know just who to trust, and resisting the stuff becomes increasingly difficult. The more you consume, the harder it becomes to resist.
Larry Cohen has become a hero to those whose intersts are in cult horror/sci-fi films, having turned out classics like 'A Return to Salem's Lot', 'The Ambulance', and 'Q: The Winged Serpent'. This is his fourth collaboration with actor Michael Moriarty, and it is well worth the money. 'The Stuff' contains comedy, action, science fiction, and horror - a combination of 'The Blob' and 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', with Cohen's crazy sense of humour thrown in for good measure.
Bonus features on this edition include an informative audio commentary with director, Larry Cohen, TV spots, theatrical trailer, and widescreen presentation.
Buy it! You'll be addicted
Ghost Writer
Enter Michael Moriarty (A Return to Salem's Lot), who is hired as an industrial saboteur by representatives of a food company to find out just what makes the stuff so addictive. As the stuff becomes more readily available, the people selling it are no longer content to merchandise it through through the smaller outlets. They begin to advertise it nationwide.
David 'Mo' Rutherford (Moriarty)tracks the stuff across country, with Nicole (Andrea Marcovicci) and a young boy, Jason (Scott Bloom), witnessing its effects on the population. During their efforts they are assisted by Col. Malcolm Grommett Spears (Paul Sorvino) and the wacky cookie entrepreneur, Chocolate Chip Charlie (Garrett Morris, Saturday Night Live). As the film progresses, it becomes impossible to know just who to trust, and resisting the stuff becomes increasingly difficult. The more you consume, the harder it becomes to resist.
Larry Cohen has become a hero to those whose intersts are in cult horror/sci-fi films, having turned out classics like 'A Return to Salem's Lot', 'The Ambulance', and 'Q: The Winged Serpent'. This is his fourth collaboration with actor Michael Moriarty, and it is well worth the money. 'The Stuff' contains comedy, action, science fiction, and horror - a combination of 'The Blob' and 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', with Cohen's crazy sense of humour thrown in for good measure.
Bonus features on this edition include an informative audio commentary with director, Larry Cohen, TV spots, theatrical trailer, and widescreen presentation.
Buy it! You'll be addicted
Ghost Writer
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This hoary nonsense is entertaining enough if it's not taken seriously - at all. Taken with a large scoop of the white stuff of the title and the fun starts. The special effects are so ridiculously bad at times, they're camp and jokey and add to the overall ridiculousness of it all.
This white goo comes out of the ground and is untarnished by either chemical process or any human interference and becomes America's favourite pud. BUT, it contains a harmful ingredient that gets to people's heads and makes the foodstuff highly addictive.
A young boy sees that it has a life of its own when it moves around by itself in the kid's parent's fridge. His parents are already addicted and try and force him to eat it in vast quantities, too. Meanwhile, huge advertising campaigns on TV (recalling the good, bad old days of early MTV) keep it selling.
The plot thickens almost as much as the pudding itself as various other characters get involved. This a great satire and kick in the teeth for U.S. consumerism, advertising hysteria and the military.
Though I liked it and the idea a good one, its B movie, low budget origins necessitate 3 stars, instead of 4. I watched it on The Horror Channel.
This white goo comes out of the ground and is untarnished by either chemical process or any human interference and becomes America's favourite pud. BUT, it contains a harmful ingredient that gets to people's heads and makes the foodstuff highly addictive.
A young boy sees that it has a life of its own when it moves around by itself in the kid's parent's fridge. His parents are already addicted and try and force him to eat it in vast quantities, too. Meanwhile, huge advertising campaigns on TV (recalling the good, bad old days of early MTV) keep it selling.
The plot thickens almost as much as the pudding itself as various other characters get involved. This a great satire and kick in the teeth for U.S. consumerism, advertising hysteria and the military.
Though I liked it and the idea a good one, its B movie, low budget origins necessitate 3 stars, instead of 4. I watched it on The Horror Channel.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I remember watching the stuff when i was a teenager many yrs ago when it came out on video and loving it. I usually like this sort of film still to this day so re-watched it the other day. Watching it now it's horribly dated and frankly quite camp too. The stuff was never scary but there's many ridiculous scenes in the movie you'll laugh at ! Both Michael moriarty and especially paul sorvino are very good actors but both realise the script here is complete rubbish and camp/ham up there performances something rotten ! This sin't good enough to be remembered as a classic and isn't quite bad enough to be remembered too so i can't really see the stuff latching onto a new generation in 2010. that said its dirt cheap so you might wanna check it out.
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Published 12 months ago by S. Clarke
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Where to begin.
The Stuff is, a mix of sci-fi and horror that does hark back very much the the b-movies of a previous era. Read more
The Stuff is, a mix of sci-fi and horror that does hark back very much the the b-movies of a previous era. Read more
Published 15 months ago by J. OConnor
Hard to forget this one
A bare bones disc with no extras, no subtitles or captioning.
But a perfect copy of this B-movie.
I'm satisfied with the purchase, very pleased with the price (2. Read more
But a perfect copy of this B-movie.
I'm satisfied with the purchase, very pleased with the price (2. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Lola Murphy
So bad, it's....bad
Preposterous from the beginning, when someone sticks their finger in some goo bubbling up from the ground, tastes it and immediately declares it should be sold in shops. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. R. J. MacRae
the stuff!!!!!
The Stuff is about consumerism gone mad aka 2010 then. Fairly decent cheesy b movie 80's flick- with some interesting characters along the way. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Colonel Decker
stuff and nonsense
A lightweight tale of corporate greed - if that's not too much of a contradiction in terms. Some stuff that bubbles out of the ground turns out to taste very nice indeed and is... Read more
Published 19 months ago by E. Granter
Consumer Nightmare
Everybody is going mad for 'The Stuff', the nations' favourite taste. Discovered bubbling out of the ground by a miner, it soon becomes a hugely popular dessert, hogging... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. Jonathon T. Beckett
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Saw this on b/w tv in 1994 when I was 12 and cacked myself.
Watching on DVD at 28 on 32" tv, wet myself with laughter. Read more
Watching on DVD at 28 on 32" tv, wet myself with laughter. Read more
Published 21 months ago by The Academate
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