#2 - The Stuff (1985)
A worker at a dig site finds a mysterious white goo seeping from the ground, and being a complete moron, immediately puts it in his mouth and discovers that it tastes great! It's even low calorie! This stuff is packaged and sold as a healthy dessert, under the super creative name of "The Stuff". It's an immediate hit, but has the unfortunate side effect of controlling your mind and making you explode. A corporate spy named "Mo" Rutherford is hired to investigate.
This movie is basically a hybrid of Soylent Green and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, only goofy as shit. Rutherford is played by Micheal Moriarty, who really makes the movie. He steals basically every scene with his ridiculously hammy performance, and is only upstaged when he is paired with Garrett Morris. Morris, an early SNL alum, plays "Chocolate Chip" Charlie, a rival cookie maker who loses his business because of The Stuff, and together they fight to save America. The commentary about the junk food we eat isn't exactly subtle, but it would be a stretch to say that there is any real message here.
It goes without saying that this movie is incredibly silly. It's never scary, but has some decent gross-out effects, and it had me laughing quite a lot. It isn't a good film by any standards - there are some weird pacing issues where it feels like entire scenes were cut, and most of the plot doesn't make any sense - but I still had a lot of fun with it. Recommended to fans of dumb 80's horror. It's also currently available to watch instantly on Netflix.
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