#the stuff 1985

[fanofspooky]

“Are you eating it or is it eating you…?”

[bandaidfingers]

🪰🦠THE STUFF (1985)🦠🪰

Ridiculous, extremely funny movie. The director apparently disliked the way this one was marketed as a horror film when he felt it was purely a satire on consumerism, but I think its horror and satirical elements complement each other in a way that makes trying to call it more of one than the other a little reductive. 

My favorite thing about this movie other than fun, horrific special effects though is that it has one of the most truly ragtag band of protagonists: a former FBI agent turned conman/industrial saboteur, an advertising executive, the owner of a brand of chocolate chip cookies, and a 12-year-old boy who is entirely unrelated to all three adults lol.

Number twelve of sixteen pieces in my Creature Feature illustration series :) and you can buy the original drawing HERE :)

[cronennerd]

Horror in the USA - movie pairings (2/2)

Family values: The People Under the Stairs (1991), We Are What We Are (2014)

Period piece: Prey (2022), Sinners (2025)

Shootings from the headlines: Targets (1968), Elephant (2003)

Highways of death: Maximum Overdrive (1986), Death Proof (2007)

Evil, Inc.: Soylent Green (1973), The Stuff (1985)

[filmso2]

The Stuff

1985

[wydownaspiider]

enough is never enough

[clarkarts24]

Some of my favorite B-Movies

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[wildeoscars]

i love watching awful movies for a 5 second cameo it’s my favorite

[steampunkforever]

The Stuff surprised me as a film considering its story, production value, and general premise hinging around the titular Stuff, elephant toothpaste-looking white goop found in a quarry and sold to the public. It screams bad 80s movie with worse SFX than Night of the Comet and approximately the same costume direction as Samurai cop. Yet the movie continually surprised me with its competence.

It's not necessarily a great film. The production value leaves a lot to be desired, and the script and performances often hover just above those of Blood Rage. Even still, the social commentary on Reagan era deregulation and its consequences for people living in American factory communities, general consumers, and the environment at large surprised me with how thoughtful it was, considering the rest of the film.

There are better horror movies from the 80s. In fact, there are better B horror movies from the 80s, but The Stuff deserves its cult following. I'm a fan too, and not just for Danny Aiello as a weird post-Nam militia kook.