The Blob

1958 82 min ★ 6.2 Horror, Science Fiction

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.

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Cast

Steve McQueen

Steve Andrews

Aneta Corsaut

Jane Martin

Earl Rowe

Lieutenant Dave

John Benson

Sgt. Jim Bert

Robert Fields

Tony Gressette

James Bonnet

'Mooch' Miller

Olin Howland

The Old Man

George Karas

Officer Ritchie

Stephen Chase

Dr. T. Hallen

Vincent Barbi

George the Diner Proprietor

Details

Director

Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

Screenplay

Theodore Simonson

Tagline

"It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$110,000

Revenue

$4,000,000

Production

Tonylyn Productions Inc., Valley Forge Films, Fairview Productions

Reviews

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Wuchak

October 23, 2021

★ 8/10

_**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...

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tmdb93836550

October 29, 2024

★ 8/10

The campy theme over the strange title sequence may make you think it will be a very campy horror film that doesn't take itself seriously, you would be half right, but you'd also be half wrong. It is campy, but it takes its self seriously most of the time. Everytime I watch it it gets a few laughs and giggles out of me, I've been watching it since I was five and I recently watched it for the 7t...