The Stuff

The Stuff (1985)

Timing: 1:27 (87 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1985-06-14

Country

United States

Production

New World Pictures, Larco Productions

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy

Budget

$1 700 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Larry Cohen

Actors

Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Patrick O'Neal, James Dixon, Alexander Scourby, Russell Nype
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Scenario

Larry Cohen

Producer

Paul Kurta, Larry Cohen

Operator

Paul Glickman

Composer

Anthony Guefen

Artist

Audition

Editing

Armond Lebowitz, James Dixon
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• The filmmakers originally intended the film to be a satirical science fiction comedy. Therefore, they were unhappy that the advertising campaign promoted the picture as horror, thus, in their opinion, misleading people about the nature of the work.
• According to director and screenwriter Larry Cohen, in some scenes where the characters are chased by the “delicious slime,” they filmed foam containing ground fish bones. The stench was so bad that, immediately after filming, the actors rushed to the river to bathe and try to wash off the disgusting smell.
• The scene in the motel room, where the “delicious slime” crawls out of the mattress and pillows and attacks people, was filmed in a special room that could be turned upside down. It was the same room used in Wes Craven's horror film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984) when the character played by Johnny Depp is sucked into the bed, and then a fountain of blood begins to erupt from it.