body snatcher – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

The Stuff (1985) | Larry Cohen

January 17, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

Larry Cohen concocts this comedic horror-thriller involving an ex-FBI agent turned industrial spy hired by a desperate ice cream industry, trying to steal the secret formula from a corporation pushing a newly marketed yogurt-like food substance called The Stuff. He discovers the substance, which is found bubbling up from seemingly unlimited deposits underground, is deadly […]

The Thing (1982) | John Carpenter

January 1, 2021December 31, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The story starts out in Antarctica, where a group of scientists is bunkered until one day they are disturbed by the sounds of gunshots coming from a Norwegian helicopter, apparently trying to kill a runaway dog. They miss their quarry, and the Norwegians end up getting offed, with no explanation as to what their problem […]