New World wanted a straight-up horror film, and, in retrospect, "The Stuff" had more comedic aspects to it than the executives were perhaps expecting. They thought they were going to get a flat-out horror movie with a lot of gore and scares, and we made a film that was more satirical and had a lot of humour and commentary in it. We played the characters for laughs in many cases and that greatly diluted the horror element. It made "The Stuff" more of what I would consider "A Larry Cohen Movie" but less of a conventional, commercial horror film. I think New World were disappointed that "The Stuff" wasn’t more horrific and nasty – more of a balls-out monster movie. I knew before the film even hit theaters "The Stuff" would appeal to a different audience than the one we were trying to get.