A new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series has just been released through the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel, and in this one we’re taking a look back at writer/director Larry Cohen’s 1985 film The Stuff (watch it Here), about a delicious dessert that has a strange effect on the people who consume it. We’ve previously talked about how Cohen made the concept of a killer baby work in It’s Alive, now find out how he made the idea of deadly dessert work by checking out the video embedded above!
The Stuff has the following synopsis:
It’s smooth and creamy! It’s delicious! It isn’t filling! It’s taken the country by storm… and it kills! It’s The Stuff! The newest taste sensation is outselling ice cream two-to-one and merchants can’t keep up with the voracious demand. In...
The Stuff has the following synopsis:
It’s smooth and creamy! It’s delicious! It isn’t filling! It’s taken the country by storm… and it kills! It’s The Stuff! The newest taste sensation is outselling ice cream two-to-one and merchants can’t keep up with the voracious demand. In...
- 9/6/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Indie studio wiip has optioned the rights to New York Times bestselling author A.J. Baimes’ book The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World for development as a limited series executive produced by Dylan Clark.
Scott Bloom (Roosevelt) is attached to pen the adaptation of The Accidental President, which was published in 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It tells the dramatic story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikely, small-town Washington outsider had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
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Scott Bloom (Roosevelt) is attached to pen the adaptation of The Accidental President, which was published in 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It tells the dramatic story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikely, small-town Washington outsider had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
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- 4/9/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio are in early discussions to re-team on an epic biopic of Ulysses S. Grant that DiCaprio and Appian Way partner Jeniffer Davisson are producing at Lionsgate. I’m told that Spielberg wants to direct DiCaprio in that role in their first collaboration since the 2002 drama Catch Me If You Can.
Lionstate and Appian Way last November acquired movie rights to Grant, the bestselling Ron Chernow biography that is being adapted by David James Kelly. The writer just worked for Appian Way and Lionsgate on Robin Hood, the Otto Bathurst-directed that stars Taron Egerton in the starring role.
Pinning down a time when these two titans will work together is always a challenge. As Deadline revealed last January, Spielberg set Indiana Jones and West Side Story to be his next two films as his followup to The Post and Ready Player One. DiCaprio, who...
Lionstate and Appian Way last November acquired movie rights to Grant, the bestselling Ron Chernow biography that is being adapted by David James Kelly. The writer just worked for Appian Way and Lionsgate on Robin Hood, the Otto Bathurst-directed that stars Taron Egerton in the starring role.
Pinning down a time when these two titans will work together is always a challenge. As Deadline revealed last January, Spielberg set Indiana Jones and West Side Story to be his next two films as his followup to The Post and Ready Player One. DiCaprio, who...
- 5/17/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Larry Cohen is one of the great voices in genre cinema. As both a screenwriter, and later a director, Cohen is responsible for some of the best horror and B-movies of the ’70s and ‘80s, including Black Caesar, God Told Me To, Q: The Winged Serpent, and the It’s Alive and Maniac Cop franchises. He’s a wicked satirist and a political filmmaker, but he’s an entertainer first, and his work is always deceptively smart despite seeming silly or dopey on the surface. His 1985 horror comedy, The Stuff, fits that description perfectly.
A new dessert craze is sweeping America: it’s like ice cream, but not… it’s like yogurt, but not… it’s The Stuff. While shoppers clear it off store shelves by the cartful, the suffering ice cream industry hires corporate spy Mo Rutherford (Michael Moriarty, a regular collaborator with Cohen) to discover the source of...
A new dessert craze is sweeping America: it’s like ice cream, but not… it’s like yogurt, but not… it’s The Stuff. While shoppers clear it off store shelves by the cartful, the suffering ice cream industry hires corporate spy Mo Rutherford (Michael Moriarty, a regular collaborator with Cohen) to discover the source of...
- 5/6/2016
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Forget Caltiki and forget The Blob: 'The Stuff' doesn't eat you, you eat it! Larry Cohen takes a page from Professor Quatermass for this satirical slap at blind consumerism and unregulated commerce, in a thriller packed with ooky glob-monsters and people hollowed out like Halloween pumpkins. It's the smart side of '80s sci-fi: Cohen knows how to make the genre sustain his anti-establishment themes. The Stuff Blu-ray Arrow Video (Us) 1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 87 min. / Street Date April 19, 2016 / Available from Amazon / 39.95 Starring Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Patrick O'Neal, Alexander Scourby, Harry Bellaver, Rutanya Alda, Brooke Adams, Laurene Landon, Tammy Grimes, Abe Vigoda, Clara Peller, Patrick Dempsey, Mira Sorvino, Eric Bogosian. Cinematography Paul Glickman Makeup Effects Ed French, Michael Maddi, Steve Neill, Kim Robinson, Rick Stratton, Craig Lyman Editor Armond Lebowitz Original Music Anthony Guefen Produced by Paul Kurta Written and...
- 4/5/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
On June 14th, prolific cult filmmaker Larry Cohen’s (It’s Alive, Maniac Cop) wonderfully eclectic horror comedy The Stuff will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Released during the heyday of Reaganomics, Cohen’s playful take on modern consumerism explored society’s growing compulsions for fast food and other potentially (or even directly) harmful products that we were all happily consuming without any real knowledge of just what we were putting inside our bodies. It may not be as well-known as some of its genre peers, but The Stuff has always been a favorite of mine, especially considering the amount of ambition and passion Cohen displays onscreen from start to finish.
The Stuff is centered around a mysterious, fluffy food product known only as, well, “The Stuff.” Discovered bubbling up from the grounds in a remote mining area, the highly addictive substance is quickly marketed out as pretty much the greatest...
The Stuff is centered around a mysterious, fluffy food product known only as, well, “The Stuff.” Discovered bubbling up from the grounds in a remote mining area, the highly addictive substance is quickly marketed out as pretty much the greatest...
- 6/12/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Stars: Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Patrick O’Neal, Alexander Scourby | Written and Directed by Larry Cohen
In 1985, New York director Larry Cohen (It’s Alive, Full Moon High) took to the camera to bring us a cult classic called The Stuff, the story of a strange “goo” found coming from the Earth which is packaged up and sold as a delicious desert treat. The only problem is that when the customers of the product eat it they turn into flesh eating zombies.
The story is not dissimilar to another cult favourite of mine, Street Trash (J. Michael Muro, 1987), which dealt with a liquor that turned it’s drinkers to sludge, only in this case the people who, for lack of a less dirty sounding term, swallow the stuff, end up as zombies. It’s a wonderfully silly plot that works wonderfully with the rest of the film.
In 1985, New York director Larry Cohen (It’s Alive, Full Moon High) took to the camera to bring us a cult classic called The Stuff, the story of a strange “goo” found coming from the Earth which is packaged up and sold as a delicious desert treat. The only problem is that when the customers of the product eat it they turn into flesh eating zombies.
The story is not dissimilar to another cult favourite of mine, Street Trash (J. Michael Muro, 1987), which dealt with a liquor that turned it’s drinkers to sludge, only in this case the people who, for lack of a less dirty sounding term, swallow the stuff, end up as zombies. It’s a wonderfully silly plot that works wonderfully with the rest of the film.
- 2/27/2014
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Although she loves to dress down in flannel and Converse, Kristen Stewart clearly knows how to work the red carpet. When attending The Cinema Society & Everlon Diamond Knot Collection's screening of "Welcome to the Rileys", the actress who plays young stripper in the indie drama film looked chic in a lace dress.
Stepping out to the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City on Monday, October 18, the 20-year-old wore a one-shoulder mini dress with bow-detail on the shoulder. She accentuated her glamorous look with ruby red lipstick, a pair of black Brian Atwood pumps and an updo. Joining her at the special event were director Jake Scott and co-star James Gandolfini.
Also coming to the screening were Kristen's other co-star Melissa Leo and producers of the movie, Giovanni Agnelli and Scott Bloom. Meanwhile, "The Bounty Hunter" star Gerard Butler, Counting Crows' frontman Adam Duritz and "The City" actress Olivia Palermo were among the guests.
Stepping out to the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City on Monday, October 18, the 20-year-old wore a one-shoulder mini dress with bow-detail on the shoulder. She accentuated her glamorous look with ruby red lipstick, a pair of black Brian Atwood pumps and an updo. Joining her at the special event were director Jake Scott and co-star James Gandolfini.
Also coming to the screening were Kristen's other co-star Melissa Leo and producers of the movie, Giovanni Agnelli and Scott Bloom. Meanwhile, "The Bounty Hunter" star Gerard Butler, Counting Crows' frontman Adam Duritz and "The City" actress Olivia Palermo were among the guests.
- 10/19/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
The trailer for Samuel Goldwyn Films' "Welcome to the Rileys" is now hosted on MovieJungle.com. Jake Scott flick opens on November 5th. Scott is a music video director, including work in for R.E.M., Radiohead, U2, Oasis, The Strokes and many more. Starring are Kristen Stewart, James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo, Lance E. Nichols, David Jensen, Kathy Lamkin, Tiffany Coty and Michael Wozniak. The film is written by by Ken Hixon. Produced By Michael Costigan, Giovanni Agnelli, Scott Bloom. Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Steve Zallian serve as executive producers.
- 7/12/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
While pretty much all of Hollywood pitched in for earthquake-ravaged Haiti at last Friday's telethon, Kristen Stewart—who couldn't attend due to this weekend's Sundance Film Festival—took a different approach to providing desperately needed help: She raffled off her own presence. According to Scott Bloom, producer of K-Stew's new movie Welcome to the Rileys—which had its premiere at the Park City, Utah, festival this weekend—Stewart "[was upset] she could not be doing the telethon," so she decided to host four women at the festival, with the proceeds going toward earthquake relief. The cost of hanging out with K-Stew, airfare and accommodations included? "They...
- 1/26/2010
- by Celebuzz
- Celebuzz.com
While George Clooney, Robert Pattinson, and practically every other celeb in the world helped raise more than $57 Million for Haiti relief, one star was upset she couldn't partake in the telethon last Friday: Kristen Stewart. The Twilight babe was traveling Friday to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, 'cause K.Stew had two films (Welcome to the Rileys and The Runaways) premiering. But don't think that stopped her from helping out… At the premiere for Welcome to the Rileys, the film's producers, Giovanni Agnelli and Scott Bloom, filled us in on Kristen's idea of how to help raise money for Haiti. K.Stew & Co. raised cash by hosting four lucky ladies in Park City....
- 1/26/2010
- E! Online
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