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The Stuff (1985)

Rate: 1
Viewed: 4/13

4/13: I thought The Stuff was shaping to be a good horror movie from the outset that was along the lines of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Ghostbusters.

Then, I began to notice the awkward, herky-jerky transitions from one scene to another. They got more pronounced as time went on, further annoying me. When I thought the film was about to end, there's still twenty minutes to go!

I tried to have an idea what the rules were, but after seeing Mo Rutherford be stuffed, nothing made sense anymore because he was clearly infected. In short, anything went, and logic wasn't important. Michael Moriarty and Paul Sorvino went on to work together in Law & Order, and there's a brief shot of Eric Bogosian, an unremarkable actor who did guest-star in the same TV sitcom, at the supermarket.

Wikipedia says of the film: "Writer-director Larry Cohen wanted to cast Arsenio Hall as Chocolate Chip Charlie W. Hobbs, since he thought he was not only a good but rising star. However, the execs at New World Pictures wanted someone more recognizable and thus cast Garrett Morris instead." Um.....who???

All in all, The Stuff is a big "nope."

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