Stuff to die for

The Stuff (1985)

When I saw this back in the 80's I didn't like it, but as I stumbled across the trailer of this movie I though I'd give it another try. I was expecting something so bad that it would be great, but ended up getting a lot more than just that. The plot is that miner find weird goo underground and of course they need to taste it. Turns out it tastes great, so they decide to sell it as a dessert pudding. The stuff turns out to be quite addictive and soon everyone is eating it more and more until they end up eating nothing but the stuff. An industrial spy, an unemployed cookie company manager, a young boy and the advertising campaign creator of the stuff ads start to investigate what's going on. They soon find out that the stuff is turning everyone into consumer zombies. The idea sounds silly, but I really love how it's criticizing consumerism and big corporations. The stuff is a metaphor for drugs and you can just imagine how every food producer in the world would love to put some highly addictive ingredients in their product so people would keep coming back for more. But even though the story is great, the movie has it's flaws. It's badly acted and the comedy is kind of uneven, at parts it works great but at parts it's quite bad. Sure at times it goes so bad it's actually great, but the overall mood is a bit too uneven. Never the less it's still somewhat of a gem in it's company as it's a somewhat fun good bad movie that actually raises great points and even manages to be thought provoking at times. This is actually one of the few movies which I'd love to see remade, so Hollywood here's your next remake, go for it.
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