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Society
Why this pick
Matches The Stuff’s gooey practical-body-horror, pitch-black humor, and angry satire of affluent consumer culture, escalating from suburban unease into gloriously excessive grotesquerie.
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MOVIE1985 1h 33m USA
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Street Trash
Why this pick
A similarly disreputable 1980s splatter satire in which a toxic consumer product produces outrageous practical effects, nastiness, and an anarchic comic edge.
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The Blob
Why this pick
Its ravenous red mass delivers the same tactile, effects-driven creature mayhem as The Stuff, with a brisk small-town siege structure and more openly scary momentum.
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Slither
Why this pick
Combines parasitic alien gross-out horror, small-town panic, practical slime, and knowingly trashy jokes in a way that preserves The Stuff’s affectionate B-movie energy.
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Bad Taste
Why this pick
For the homemade, goo-splattered exuberance beneath The Stuff’s satire: this is an aggressively inventive alien-invasion splatter comedy with a similarly unruly cult-film spirit.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Several railroad workers discover a yogurt-like white substance bubbling out of the ground. These workers find it to be sweet and addictive. Later, the substance, marketed as "The Stuff," is being sold to the general public in containers like ice cream. It is marketed as having no calories and as being sweet, creamy, and filling. The Stuff quickly becomes a nationwide craze and drastically hurts the sales of ice cream.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Garrett Morris
'Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs
Scott Bloom
Jason
Danny Aiello
Vickers
Patrick O'Neal
Fletcher
James Dixon
Postman
Alexander Scourby
Evans
Brooke Adams
Stuff Commercial Spokeswoman
Clara Peller
Stuff Commercial Spokeswoman