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| | THE STUFF
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 David Rutherford - Michael Moriarty!  Industrial spy that isn't as dumb as he looks, sounds, or acts. 
Nicole Kendall - Ad campaign executive who cares more about people than the money (first departure from reality). 
Jason - Darn kid, you know, the one that can't get killed. 
Chocolate Chip Charlie - The Chocolate Chip Cookie King, loses his company in a hostile takeover. Martial arts master too! 
Colonel Spears - Leader of a militant group, mankind's last hope to stop "The Stuff" from taking over. 
The Stuff - If the Nazis had made yogurt... 
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| Man eating dessert whip and militant groups! A new taste sensation is sweeping the nation, it's "The Stuff!" I liked the beginning of this movie, some old guy finds nasty white stuff bubbling out of the ground - SO HE TASTES IT! Mmmmm, that's good, we should sell this to people. Then you have the "greedy old men" of the ice cream industry hiring an investigator, who appears to be a complete moron, to learn the inside scoop about the new treat. "The Stuff" makes you hungry for more and soon takes over your body, leaving only a empty shell filled with ambulatory cream. To top all this off (not with a cherry you rube) it is a militant group which ultimately saves humanity by defeating the "whipped" zombies! Extremely fun film for your bad movie sweet tooth. |  | 
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 Kids who are unruly should be sent to bed with a pint of dessert. 
Reddish-brown cowboy boots do not go with gray suits. 
Dogs love whipped cream but it pisses them off. 
There are a darn lot of cars from PA in New York City and NJ. 
Non-dairy creamers are bad, real bad. (glazed expression) Support your local dairy farmer... ...he is your friend... ...cows good... 
It is possible to slap someone unconscious. 
Militant groups travel by taxi. 
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 2 mins - Okay, so the old guy finds this stuff bubbling out of the ground, in the middle of a mining facility, and starts eating it? How did he get that old being so stupid? Damn you Darwin, it's all been a lie! 
17 mins - The stuff is kept frozen, refrigerated, and at room temp. 
48 mins - Jason is hiding atop the bare metal tanker in his red shirt. 
54 mins - David had to hotwire the truck but now he's starting it with a key? 
59 mins - Jason really isn't inside that tank is he? I know this was made years ago but those effects suck! 
74 mins - A huge army of machinegun-carrying extremists invades town and no cops or National Guard? 
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|  | Audio clips in wav format | SOUNDS | Starving actors speak out |  |  | 
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|  | File | Dialog |  |  | thestuff1.wav | Jason's Mom: "Low in calories, good tasting, and it doesn't even spot...and he doesn't like it." |  |  | thestuff2.wav | David: "Everybody has to eat shaving cream once in a while." |  |  | thestuff3.wav | David: "That stuff comes right out of the center of the Earth, and straight into our supermarkets." |  |  | thestuff4.wav | Colonel Spears: "Pay the drivers, issue a ten percent tip, get a cash receipt." Militants: "Yes sir!"
 Colonel Spears: "Proceed to the main lobby, we will reassemble, HUP!"
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