The film follows the discovery of a mysterious, sweet, and addictive substance becoming a popular dessert in the United States but soon begins attacking people and turning them into zombies.
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Colin Greenland reviewed The Stuff for White Dwarf #77 and stated that "A brilliant performance by Cohen stalwart Michael Moriarty as an industrial spy after the truth holds the straggling plot together."[29] It received positive reviews from critics: on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 68% rating, based on 19 reviews.[30] According to Bruce Kawin and Tony Williams, The Stuff satirizes American consumerism, mass media, and health foods.[31][32] Roger Crow of On: Yorkshire Magazine called the film a "schlock horror satire", praised Moriarty's performance, and said the film paid homage to "The Blob and Invasion of the Body Snatchers [and] went on to inspire cosmetics horror satire The Substance."[33] He said the quality of the special effects and picture quality ranged from good to bad. He praised the performance, direction, script, and rewatchability of the film.[33] Ian Berriman of SFX praised Moriarty for his ability to improvise in the film, calling him "delightfully idiosyncratic".[8] Berriman also wrote that although many special effects did not look believable, they contributed to the appeal of the film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stuff
The Stuff (1985) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
- Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Aug 23 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
- and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live text commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
- I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.
How to watch the movie:
- for info on how to block ads, see: https://ohai.social/@klu9/115245207831850566
- tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100049107/the-stuff
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg--NNwFjUo
- peertube: https://tube.me.jon-e.net/w/956f549f-94c8-46d7-beed-6624da52229d
- archive: https://archive.org/details/the-stuff-1985-michael-moriarty-full-movie-1080p-hd
- it's usually streamed on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
- if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-stuff
- for trigger warnings see: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15361
Don't get confused! It's NOT:
- The Stuff (2018)
- Stuff (2019)
- Stuff (2015)
- Stuff (1993)
- Stuffed (2025)
- Stuffy (2024)
- Stuffed (2024)
- Stuffed (2022)
- Stuffed (2021)
- Stuffed (2020)
- Stuffed (2019)
- Stuffed (2018)
- Stuffed (2014)
- Stuffer (2010)
- Stuffed! (1991)
So make sure you get the right Stuff. But NOT The Right Stuff (1983)!
The actual movie itself starts with some old guy finding a bubbling puddle of white goo in the middle of a snowy field. He immediately shoves his finger in and then pulls it out and licks the tip. The actual movie is kind of interesting and the special effects for the time while B movie grade were ambitious. But yes there's definitely no end of innuendo