Movies like The Stuff
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The Stuff (1985)
21K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good. The American public literally eats up the new dessert sensation now known as the Stuff but, unfortunately, it takes over the brains of those who eat it, turning them into zombie-like creatures. It is up to ex-FBI agent David Rutherford and a kid named Jason to stop the spread of the mind-devouring dessert.
Style:
black comedy, satirical, cult horror, slasher, absurd, suspenseful, humorous, horror comedy, cult classic, spoof ...
Plot:
addiction, conspiracy, zombie, satire, small town, consumerism, ghost town, body horror, boy, ice cream, supermarket, infiltration, businessman, mine, mutation, dog attack, militia, transformation, advertising, pandemic, discovery, rivalry, campaign, creature, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to The Stuff
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, psychotronic, horror comedy and weird films with plots about gory, deadly, monster, gore, zombie, supernatural and body horror mostly in Horror, Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Stuff: Slither (2006), Night of the Creeps (1986), Basket Case (1982), Re-Animator (1985), The Toxic Avenger (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
94K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Style:
entertaining, scary, horror comedy, spooky, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, parasite, monster, dark humor, small town, zombie, zombie attack, body horror, transformation, creature feature, infection ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that ...
Style:
cult classic, cult horror, grindhouse, horror comedy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, violence, zombie, dark humor, police, supernatural, parasite, fraternity, macabre, monster, gory, survival ...
Time:
80s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
Style:
bloody, slasher, splatter, scary, horror comedy ...
Plot:
body horror, siamese twins, macabre, hospital, gory, evil twin, freak, monster, revenge, twins, public nudity, raped by monster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Style:
splatter, lovecraft, bloody, black comedy, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
violence, mad scientist, zombie, insanity, reanimated corpse, female nudity, dark humor, overdose, gory, laboratory, hospital, evil scientist ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, europe, austria, zurich switzerland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when mop boy Melvin Junko falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, bloody, cult horror, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, satire, vigilante, gory, absurd violence, freak, absurdism, monster, bullying, blood, corruption, extreme violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Having eluded the authorities after a series of grisly murders, the pair find sanctuary at the palatial home of Granny Ruth, an eccentric philanthropist who rallies the cause of "Unique Individuals". But even amongst "friends" ...
Style:
disturbing, cult classic, psychotronic, horror comedy, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
twins, zombie, freak, macabre, supernatural, monster, psychopath, superhuman powers, journalism, body horror, social misfits, hospital ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Beverly Hills teen (Billy Warlock) discovers his parents are part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.
Style:
horror comedy, creepy, dark comedy, surreal, homoerotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
body horror, conspiracy, surrealism, secret society, dark humor, cannibalism, cheerleader, paranoia, transformation, satire, black magic, making love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills
Similarity:
100%
165K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before ...
Style:
scary, entertaining, horror comedy, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, kids, boys' night, teens, horror for children
Plot:
monster, desert, creature feature, creature, death, survival, small town, deadly creature, danger, giant monster, stranded, rescue ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel ...
Style:
horror comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, black comedy, psychotronic ...
Plot:
prostitute, hooker, frankenstein, killed during sex, female objectification, brain transplant, man hits a woman, exploitation, monster, female monster, pimp, cocaine ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, australia
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Six men with mid-life anxiety set out for a weekend in the country in an attempt to reconnect with their masculinity. What they find is a catastrophe so horrible and bizarre that a mid-life crisis turns out to be exactly what they need to survive ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, not serious, humorous, perverse, spoof ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, battle of the sexes, infected, friendship, epidemic, virus, survival horror, danger, supernatural, disorder, chaos, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Beyond the front door of an old, decrepit house is buried a horrible and tragic past. One horryfing and gory night a family of four is brutally hacked to pieces. The only survivor is the young and beautiful housekeeper, Ella. When she steps out of ...
Style:
rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, parody ...
Plot:
murder, supernatural, confined, survival, deadly creature, chaos, gory, experiment gone awry, isolation, escapades, rescue, race against time ...
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A normal, average guy who lives in New York City becomes dependent on an evil, disembodied brain.
Style:
bloody, splatter, surreal, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
body horror, dark humor, addiction, hallucination, drug abuse, parasite, gory, creature, monster, exploitation, slime, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Herbert West once again revives the dead. This time, he brings Dan's ex-girlfriend's heart back inside a 'perfect' body. Dr. Hill returns as the evil nemesis who lost his head.
Style:
lovecraft, horror comedy, black comedy, independent film, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
mad scientist, zombie, laboratory, police detective, hospital, gay subtext, reanimation, gory, reanimated corpse, mind control, obsession, dog ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
massachusetts, peru, south america, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers.
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse, horror comedy, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
kaiju, alien, giant monster, body horror, creature feature, monster, bowling, distopia, apocalypse, slime, alien invasion, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!
Style:
black comedy, parody, independent film, dark comedy, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, nudity, cannibalism, punk, monster, female nudity, crematorium, undead, living dead, zombie apocalypse, paramedic ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Farmers in Texas become brainwashed bloodsuckers.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, scary, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, vampire, alien invasion, alien, paranormal, fear, exploitation, heroes, deadly creature, supernatural, escapades, survival ...
Time:
80s
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.
Style:
horror comedy, cult classic, slasher, splatter, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, nuclear power plant, monster, bullying, nudity, mutant, absurd humor, violent, exploitation, body horror, school, gory ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The monster child returns - but now there are three!
Style:
medical horror, gothic horror, suspense, cult horror, classic horror ...
Plot:
monster, body horror, baby, babies and infants, evil child, creepy child, killer child, creature feature, maternity ward, mutant, bad kids, baby born ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. ...
Style:
perverse, retro, classic horror, cult horror, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, parasite, alien, creature feature, gory, creature, deadly creature, supernatural horror, killer animal, exploitation, evil alien, body horror ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
38%
51K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation. After they wipe out the New Zealand town Kaihoro, the country's Astro-Investigation and ...
Style:
grindhouse, humorous, dark comedy, surreal, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gory, alien invasion, violent, space and aliens, ufo, food, extreme, exploitation, small town, alien, chainsaw, stoned ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, year 2016, near future, 20th century
Place:
new zealand, pacific ocean, oceania
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Aliens, who look like clowns, arrive on Earth to capture and harvest people in order to use them as sustenance.
Style:
parody, dark comedy, horror comedy, frightening, scary ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
clown, killer clown, monster, ufo, alien, extraterrestrial, evil clown, alien abduction, rescue, alien invasion, amusement park, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Heavily pregnant Lenore Davis tells her husband, Frank, that she is in labor. They leave their eleven year-old son Chris with their friend Charley and they head to the Community Hospital. Lenore feels that something is wrong and delivers a monster ...
Style:
scary, medical horror, suspenseful, slasher, atmospheric ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
macabre, supernatural, creepy child, murder, serial killer, body horror, gory, isolation, investigation, deadly creature, family in danger, rescue ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, santa monica california, seattle
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, cult classic, tense, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, evil alien, soldier, toxic, alien, research, paranoia, teenage life, emotionless, invasion, military, sleeping ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 50s, 1950s
Place:
alabama, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten has a disease of the libido.
Style:
independent film, mind bending, psychotronic, disturbing, experimental ...
Plot:
surrealism, body horror, nymphomaniac, sexual fantasy, electrocution, cannibal, transvestite, psychiatrist, female masturbation, absurd humor, laboratory, supernatural being ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand, South Korea
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A genetic engineering experiment gone horribly awry turns a large flock of docile sheep into unrelenting killing machines in this rural horror comedy directed by Jonathan King and featuring special effects designed by Weta Workshop.
Style:
dark comedy, scary, funny, horror comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
creature feature, zombie, eaten alive, bestiality, transformation, deadly creature, sheep, genetics, virus, dangerous animal, blood, gory ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006
Place:
new zealand, oceania
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A regeneration experiment on a severed arm goes awry, turning the limb into a murderous, reptilian creature.
Style:
serious, scary, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
monster, body horror, creature, domineering mother, creature feature, supernatural being, zombie, mad scientist, chases and races, escapades, supernatural, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
49K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
body horror, evil alien, supernatural horror, monster, macabre, cheerleader, alien, death, small town, survival, space and aliens, quarantine ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
Style:
cult classic, dark fantasy, horror comedy, spooky, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, time travel, evil dead, one man army, siege, possession, doppelganger, chainsaw, medieval, supernatural, sword and sorcery, sword fight ...
Time:
medieval times, 13th century, year 1992, middle ages, 20th century ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Desert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.
Style:
horror comedy, slasher, funny, political, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, dead, gulf war, supernatural, exploitation, serial killer, patriotism, fear, villain, monster, living dead, holiday ...
Place:
iraq
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A family's new satellite TV system starts receiving signals from another planet, and soon it becomes the passageway to an alien world.
Style:
horror comedy, cult horror, psychotronic, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
voyeur, television, absurd humor, brother sister relationship, creature feature, ufo, body horror, exploitation, alien invasion, satellite, punk, creature ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
37%
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