Review of The Stuff (1985) by Sam H — 28 Dec 2008

[font=Calibri][size=3][color=#000000]They should remake/reimagine ?The Stuff.? The premise is good, for B-Movie quality, that is, and was originally well executed in the film. Then all of a sudden, the director and actors remembered they were making a silly B-Movie and acted accordingly.

But, even with the worst B-Movies, there is always a level of consistency, such as the similar ?The Blob.? The original ?Blob? showed us a creature (mass) that consumed victims and grew bigger. The horrid 1988 remake showed us a (now) pink blob and gave a more realistic reasoning behind why it consumed humans.

(Pink?) ?Stuff? shows us some yogurt that pumps from the ground, sometimes moves on its own, sometimes doesn?t. Sometimes it leaves its host and returns, sometimes it leaves killing the host. Sometimes it?s allergic to fire (a cheap reverse rip off of the freezing cold enemy of the Blob) sometimes it rolls in it.

Sometimes it needs to be refrigerated, sometimes it?s fine warm. There was no consistency. I am aware it is a campy B-Movie, but like I said in the beginning, there was hope here for a decent sci-fi thriller ? so remake it with a better script.

It was if the creators had ?special effects? to spare and screamed ?Look at what I can do!? (Said in best Stuart voice from MadTV reruns.) Believe it or not, the main character (not that boy ? oh, God, I hope this was his first/last film) ?Mo? Rutherford (Michael Moriarty) was actually funny enough to get through to the end.

I first watched this film when I was 8 or 9 and it freaked me out beyond terror. Not that I would recommend it to the under 10 crowd, but you?d really have to have that mentality to be scared of??The Stuff.

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