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** The marketing campaign for The Stuff that is showcased constantly through the film is so Eighties it hurts.

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** The marketing campaign for The Stuff that is showcased constantly through the film is so Eighties it hurts.hurts, including a cameo by Clara Peller (the Wendy's "Where's the Beef?" woman), who died in 1987.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Like most of Creator/LarryCohen's films, there's some sort of social commentary. Here, it's about consumerism and possibly also cocaine (the Stuff is an addictive white substance that causes you to lose weight and gain energy--in the middle of TheEighties, no less).

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* {{Anvilicious}}: Like most of Creator/LarryCohen's films, there's some sort of unsubtle social commentary. Here, it's about consumerism and possibly also cocaine (the Stuff is an addictive white substance that causes you to lose weight and gain energy--in the middle of TheEighties, no less).



** The plan to [[CantStopTheSignal spread the word to stop the Stuff]] involves... taking over a radio station. No noticeable attempt at taking pictures for evidence, which would become increasingly easier with cell phones.

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** The plan to [[CantStopTheSignal spread the word to stop the Stuff]] involves... taking over a radio station. No noticeable attempt at taking pictures or video for evidence, which would become increasingly easier with cell phones.
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* {{Narm}}: The man trying to placate his Stuff controlled dog was especially good.

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* {{Narm}}: The man trying to placate his Stuff controlled Stuff-controlled dog. They were probably having the possessed dog was especially good.from ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' in mind, but suffice to say it comes up short.
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** In the aftermath of 9/11, Ruby Ridge and other calamities, there is no way that a RightWingMilitiaFanatic group would be portrayed as TheCavalry.

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** In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, Ruby Ridge and other calamities, there is no way that a RightWingMilitiaFanatic group would be portrayed as TheCavalry.

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