The Stuff

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The Stuff

R

1985

1h 27m

Horror

Comedy

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A private detective investigates a new consumer taste treat that's absolutely delicious and just possibly lethal.

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

Jul 29

Larry Cohen’s film is a barbed satire of 1980s consumer culture.

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Rick Kogan

Chicago Tribune

03/26/2019

0/4

Peopled by leaden or hackneyed characters...The Stuff is further burdened by special effects of the most pedestrian kind.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

02/12/2006

B

Its execution never lives up to its scrumptious satiric premise.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 25

3/10

Gory sequences do finally arise at the climax – a nonsensical showdown of sorts – but it doesn’t offset the unnecessary humor and the pervasive lack of sincerity.

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

07/22/2025

3/5

The Stuff may struggle just a little to get its narrative moving along over the course of its brief 80-ish minutes, but there's still a fair amount to like about it, including its amusing & clever special effects and its on the nose satire.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

07/22/2025

4/5

…The Stuff didn’t find favour at the time, satire rarely does, but it’s a funny, sharp and satirical movie that his its targets squarely, and there’s some ingenious model work for the action scenes…

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D.A. P

@Archives1987 2h

The Stuff is a New World Pictures horror film that will make you think twice about consuming yogurt after you see the movie. While this movie has a type of "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" take on it, the movie was actually well written, however I must say that the special effects could have been much better than what you see in the movie. This movie has the slogan "Are you eating it or is it eating you?" which really makes you think about what you consume after seeing this movie. I saw this movie when I was a kid on one of the local Cleveland, OH TV stations when they aired and it scared the crap out of me. Now that I am older, I actually own a DVD and Blu-Ray copy from Arrow Video and have revisited watching this film and feel like I am right in the trenches with these characters in their mission to stop the sentient yogurt/dessert from taking everyone out. 4/5 starts- I highly recommend this 80's movie and it will make you think twice before consuming dairy ever again.

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Jamie W.

@winenanator Apr 29

Great movie … a lot of cheesy 80s fun

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Jeepers C

@RT12312147 Feb 20

The Stuff is a movie about a sweet, white, substance that is being sold to the unknowing public as a super food. It seems to have a addictive and adverse effects on the people consuming it. Michael Moriarty plays a detective who is going to expose it. If you like movies like The Blob, then you should enjoy this movie. I love 80's horror and all it's variety. Hollywood just doesn't make movies like they did in the 80's. This is the stuff I like... Pun intended.

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David W

@Sternhammer Jan 3

Not great, not terrible. It's watchable but never really delivers on its concepts potential.

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Vincent S.

@Vin_E_At_The_Movies Dec 1

Like the Blob, this is cheesy fun with wonderful over the top performances and a determined focus and energy from Larry Cohen that stuffs out big budget horror movies like The Conjuring: Last Rites.

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Michael D

@MikeD1234 Nov 29

Marshmallow Fluff meets The Blob. That is all.

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Synopsis

A private detective investigates a new consumer taste treat that's absolutely delicious and just possibly lethal.

Director: Larry Cohen
Producer: Paul Kurta
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen
Production Co: Larco Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 6, 2015
Runtime: 1h 27m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)