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The Stuff

1985 ·1h 26m · ★ 6.0 (518)

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

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Director

Larry Cohen Larry Cohen
9 horror films in catalog
It's Alive
It's Alive 1974
God Told Me To
God Told Me To 1976
It Lives Again
It Lives Again 1978
Full Moon High
Full Moon High 1981
Q
Q 1982
Special Effects
Special Effects 1984
The Stuff
The Stuff 1985
A Return to Salem's Lot
A Return to Salem's Lot 1987
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
100
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
100
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
43
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
Discover with this DNA
CultZombie

Setting

Desert

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanization
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

addictionadvertisingaftercreditsstingeragentdiscoverydisintegrationexplosionfbifood industrygoojunk foodmeltmeltdownminersscientistsensationspoof

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