A sort of Invasion of the Body Snatchers transmuted into the form of a popular dessert. It seems that an unlimited quantity of the substance, which varies in consistency from that of laundry suds to that of vanilla taffy, bubbles up from the center of the earth somewhere in Georgia, and without any additives or preservatives has stolen the market from ice cream and yogurt. It also happens to be addictive and eventually takes possession of the consumer's body, from which it then exits by way of the mouth. The regurgitational nature of the special effects, together with the nauseous pink-and-purple package, makes vomit seem a more imminent response than laughter. One of the characters, having consumed a carton of shaving cream in order to avoid consuming The Stuff, actually does throw up in the old-fashioned way, and this is intended to evoke laughter too. The jokeyness, however, actually masks a swaggering pretentiousness, as writer-director Larry Cohen lobbies for critical approbation through his winking comments on, among other things, American consumerism, militarism, advertising, radio evangelism, McCarthyism, and the FBI. With Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, and Paul Sorvino. (1985) — Duncan Shepherd
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