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Overview

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Director:
Writer:
Larry Cohen (writer)
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Release Date:
14 June 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
Are you eating it ...or is it eating you? more
Plot:
Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Advert. Subvert. Gonzo (Fake) Commercials within Films
 (From Twitch. 24 November 2009, 7:50 AM, PST)

Jill Gatsby's new horror film 'The Torture of Delva Mills'
 (From pretty-scary. 18 November 2009, 1:57 PM, PST)

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* * * out of 4. more (82 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Michael Moriarty ... David 'Mo' Rutherford

Andrea Marcovicci ... Nicole
Garrett Morris ... 'Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs

Paul Sorvino ... Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
Scott Bloom ... Jason

Danny Aiello ... Vickers
Patrick O'Neal ... Fletcher
James Dixon ... Postman
Alexander Scourby ... Evans
Russell Nype ... Richards
Gene O'Neill ... Scientist
Catherine Schultz ... Waitress
James Dukas ... Gas Attendant
Peter Hock ... Miner
Colette Blonigan ... Jason's Mother
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Runtime:
93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The last cinema film of Alexander Scourby. more
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Continuity: When Mo and Charlie enter the post office, it's daytime - quite possible afternoon. The moment they talk to the postman inside, it's suddenly nighttime. more
Quotes:
David 'Mo' Rutherford: No one is as dumb as I appear to be. more
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* * * out of 4., 3 June 2002

Bounty hunter and TV advertiser team up together to discover what the ingredients are in a popular junk food that is sweeping the country, called The Stuff. However, they uncover a conspiracy in which the makers of The Stuff know that their product is causing people to become mindless zombies. Exciting and funny little Cohen film is a throwback to the horror films of yesteryear, yet with all your usual Cohen trimmings, but much more solid then usual with good special effects and an original premise. The cast is excellent and the film has various cameo's planted throughout the film.

Rated R; Violence & Profanity.

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