The Stuff

You gotta love the stuff that you find late at night when you're browsing Netflix. Much like Re-Animator, I had no clue what this movie was about when I first saw it. All I knew was that it had an awesome poster, and any movie with an awesome poster is worth watching, even if it sucks.

This is another B-List, campy 80's horror that is straight up disturbing. The effects used in this movie were the same effects that I used to love/hate when I was a kid. They creeped me out so much that I would always cover my eyes when someone died on screen. Life sized prosthetics and puppets were used in place of the actors and it just made everything worse. Check out this scene...

Oh yeah, so about the movie... Some guy finds a white substance coming out of the ground and decides to taste it (I know, doesn't eat stuff they find on the ground right?). Finds out that it tastes good, and starts to sell it to the public under the name of "The Stuff". The Stuff looks like yogurt and people are falling in love with it. So much, that competing ice cream companies send out a guy named David Rutherford, to investigate what The Stuff is, and to find a way to destroy it. In another story, a kid named Jason starts to notice that The Stuff is moving and is having negative effects on his family. He teams up with David to try and take down the evil corporation that is selling The Stuff.

That is pretty much it really. A simple plot, with simple characters and a fairly simple villain. Don't get me wrong I am not saying this movie sucked. On the contrary I thought it was pretty hilarious, and like I stated previously, those deaths were brutal. Those kinds of effects really turn my stomach, and I can really appreciate a film maker who is able to incorporate those into his films. This one is still on Netflix so if youre down to laugh a bit and kill an hour, watch this movie.