HorrorScience Fiction

The Blob

- 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.

Release Date : 1958-09-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Tonylyn Productions Inc.Valley Forge FilmsFairview Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : The Glob That Girdled the GlobeThe GlobThe Meteorite MonsterThe Molten MeteoriteThe Night of the Creeping Dead

Cast

Character Name : Steve Andrews

Original Name : Steve McQueen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane Martin

Original Name : Aneta Corsaut

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lieutenant Dave

Original Name : Earl Rowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Jim Bert

Original Name : John Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony Gressette

Original Name : Robert Fields

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Mooch' Miller

Original Name : James Bonnet

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Old Man

Original Name : Olin Howland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Ritchie

Original Name : George Karas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. T. Hallen

Original Name : Stephen Chase

Gender : Male

Character Name : George the Diner Proprietor

Original Name : Vincent Barbi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smooching Teenager

Original Name : Pamela Curran

Gender : Female

Character Name : Danny Martin

Original Name : Kieth Almoney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Martin

Original Name : Elbert Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Al

Original Name : Anthony Franke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elizabeth Martin

Original Name : Audrey Metcalf

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Porter

Original Name : Elinor Hammer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kate the Nurse

Original Name : Lee Payton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Andrews

Original Name : Hugh Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marty the Mechanic

Original Name : Jasper Deeter

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Second Garage Mechanic

Original Name : Ralph Roseman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phil the Fire Chief

Original Name : Tom Ogden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sally the Waitress

Original Name : Julie Cousins

Gender : Female

Character Name : Teenager

Original Name : Josh Randolph

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenager

Original Name : Molly Anne Bourne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Drunk Party Man at Front Door

Original Name : David Metcalf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenager

Original Name : Dianne Tabban

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bit Part

Original Name : Charlie Overdorff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Part

Original Name : Eugene Sabel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Part

Original Name : George Gerbereck

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-11-04

_**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 McQueen’s debut starring role, not to mention the movie is genuinely scary in a quaint 50’s 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 rise to TV stardom with I Dream of Jeannie and before his return to popularity as J.R. in Dallas. It throws in quirky comedic bits amidst the serious horror and it is interesting to compare the two movies because of the social changes brought about by the radical events of the 60s. The sequel is an entertaining window into the counterculture of that time (specifically 1971 when the film was shot) and how the hippies or semi-hippies gelled with those of traditional culture. To me, it wasn’t a big deal as there’s always a “generation gap” between young and old in every decade, which can be observed even in the original film. A quality remake of the original movie came out in 1988 and, like “Beware! The Blob,” walked the balance beam between utter horror and amusing non-horror. It had a bigger budget compared to Hagman’s film, but the addition of a subplot revealing the creature's origins as decidedly earth-centric took away from the Blob's otherworldly and creepy ambiance. Still, it’s a worthwhile reimagining. The movie runs 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was shot entirely in southeast Pennsylvania in areas west of Philadelphia (Phoenixville, Downingtown, Valley Forge, Royersford & Chester Springs). GRADE: A-/B+

2_Fast-22

@2_Fast-22

2024-11-04

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 7th time. I would give it a 7.4/10.