Hot Stuff is a 2016 American live-action supernatural fantasy film based on the Harvey Comics character Hot Stuff the Little Devil. It is a spin/off to the 1995 feature film Casper. The film stars G Hannelius, Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Bacon, Adam Irigoyen, John Goodman, Rene Russo, Dove Cameron, Tyrel Jackson Williams as the titular character, and Reed Alexander.
Summery
2 months after the events of Casper, Amber Whitmire, and her parents spends their Christmas vacation at her aunt and uncle's in San Francisco, where she encounters a hot tempered, mysterious Little Devil named Hot Stuff.
Plot
Cast
- G Hannelius as Amber Whitmire, a spoiled rich girl who is now an outsider when her rival Kat Harvey has taken her fame after the Halloween party at Whipstaff Manor. She and her parents spend their Holiday vacation at San Francisco to meet there relatives. She end up meeting Hot Stuff and the two became friends as they both share a common ground of temperament.
- Bruce Willis as Dan Whitmire, Amber's workaholic father.
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Kate Whitmire, Amber's workaholic mother.
- Adam Irigoyen as Ben Johnson, a boy whom Amber meets during her visit in San Francisco, who is also friends with Amber's cousin Jenny.
- John Goodman as Victor Whitmire, Dan's less fortunate brother, and Amber's uncle.
- Rene Russo as Jane Whitmire, Victor's wife and Amber's aunt
- Dove Cameron as Jenny Whitmire, Victor and Jane's daughter and Amber's cousin whom she bonds with.
- Tyrel Jackson Williams as Hot Stuff, a demon child with a temper who is lost and has no direction. He spends most of his time scaring those who attack others, but is shun by society. He meets Amber as the two form a friendship as they both share a feeling of loneliness and temperament. He also must defend himself when he is going up against his nemesis, Freezy.
- Reed Alexander as Freezy, a bright young boy who is Hot Stuff's arch-nemesis and one of the two main antagonists of the film.
Trivia
- The film is distributed by Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
- The film is a spin/off of Casper, as the film featured Kat's rival Amber Whitmire's encounter with the Hot Stuff, which plays a similar parallel to Kat's encounter with Casper, in the previous film.
- The film is rated PG for some scenes that may not be suit able for young kids, and contains some mild language.
- Like Casper, the film also goes for a darker interpretation of the child friendly nature in the comics.
- The actors portraying the demons are covered in red paint with fake pointy ears and each have a animatronic devil's tail to give it more movement.
- It is revealed that Amber's spoiled attitude is caused by loneliness due to her parents having little to no time for her.
- Hot Stuff's look in the film is loosely inspired by the three issue comic book mini series Casper and the Spectrals where he wears a black t-shirt, blue jeans and sneakers as he does in the film instead of his signature diaper, though he remains to keep his trident, and wears a black long overcoat throughout the film.
- While it being a spin/off of Casper, the only one of the main characters to return is Kat who has a brief cameo at the beginning.
- Unlike Casper, the titular character does not fall in love with the film's leading female, as he does appear to be asexual in the film, even though in the comics, he has a girlfriend named Fairy Princess Charma, but the relationship between Amber and Hot Stuff is nothing more than a strong friendship, which ultimately comes to an end when his actions caused her a lot of harm.
- Rather than being a blue demon duplicate of Hot Stuff that produce blue flames to create ice like his comic book counterpart, Freezy is instead a regular human boy who used his metal pads around his wrists to produce ice in order defeat his demonic nemesis.