The film follows the discovery of a mysterious, sweet, and addictive substance becoming a popular dessert in the United States but soon begins attacking people and turning them into zombies.

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Colin Greenland reviewed The Stuff for White Dwarf #77 and stated that "A brilliant performance by Cohen stalwart Michael Moriarty as an industrial spy after the truth holds the straggling plot together."[29] It received positive reviews from critics: on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 68% rating, based on 19 reviews.[30] According to Bruce Kawin and Tony Williams, The Stuff satirizes American consumerism, mass media, and health foods.[31][32] Roger Crow of On: Yorkshire Magazine called the film a "schlock horror satire", praised Moriarty's performance, and said the film paid homage to "The Blob and Invasion of the Body Snatchers [and] went on to inspire cosmetics horror satire The Substance."[33] He said the quality of the special effects and picture quality ranged from good to bad. He praised the performance, direction, script, and rewatchability of the film.[33] Ian Berriman of SFX praised Moriarty for his ability to improvise in the film, calling him "delightfully idiosyncratic".[8] Berriman also wrote that although many special effects did not look believable, they contributed to the appeal of the film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stuff

The Stuff (1985) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, Aug 23 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live text commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

• for info on how to block ads, see: https://ohai.social/@klu9/115245207831850566
• tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100049107/the-stuff
• youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg--NNwFjUo
• peertube: https://tube.me.jon-e.net/w/956f549f-94c8-46d7-beed-6624da52229d
• archive: https://archive.org/details/the-stuff-1985-michael-moriarty-full-movie-1080p-hd
• it's usually streamed on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-stuff
• for trigger warnings see: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15361

Don't get confused! It's NOT:

• The Stuff (2018)
• Stuff (2019)
• Stuff (2015)
• Stuff (1993)
• Stuffed (2025)
• Stuffy (2024)
• Stuffed (2024)
• Stuffed (2022)
• Stuffed (2021)
• Stuffed (2020)
• Stuffed (2019)
• Stuffed (2018)
• Stuffed (2014)
• Stuffer (2010)
• Stuffed! (1991)

So make sure you get the right Stuff. But NOT The Right Stuff (1983)!