The Blob

  • Horror
  • Science Fiction
9/10/1958
83
NR

It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!

A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.

Revenue:
$4,000,000
Budget:
$110,000

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  • Wuchak

    A weird hungry red glob from outer space!

    Some teens (Steve McQueen & Aneta Corsaut) witness a strange Jell-O-like substance horrifically assault some people in a Pennsylvania town, but the police have a hard time believing their story.

    Despite its datedness, The Blob (1958) is worth checking out as a window into small town America in 1957 (when it was shot) plus the fact that it was Steve McQueens debut starring role, not to mention the movie is genuinely scary in a quaint 50s way. My only criticism is that Steve is clearly an adult male and not a teenager or youngster. He was 27 during shooting, but looked at least 30.

    Larry Hagman did a sequel fourteen years later called Beware! the Blob (aka Son of Blob) after his...

    October 23, 2021

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