The Blob (1958 film)
Summary
"It crawls.... It creeps.... It eats you alive!" A shapeless alien lifeform consumes everyone in its path as it grows and grows.
- The Blob (1958)
- A sequel Beware the Blob (1972), AKA Son of Blob, Return of the Blob, etc.
- A remake The Blob (1988)
Details
- Release Date: 1958
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Sci-fi
- Runtime: 1 hr 26 min
- Starring: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe
- Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. (uncredited)
- Writer: Irvine H. Millgate (original idea), Writers: Theodore Simonson and Kay Linaker (screenplay) (as Kate Phillips)
- Producer/Production Co: Tonylyn Productions Inc., Valley Forge Films, Fairview Productions
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: original is PG (mostly off-screen 1950s Violence and horror)
The original drive-in classic provided mostly relatively family-friendly 1950s horror with mostly off-screen violence, but the sequel and especially the remake add more graphic violence, profanity, and adult content.
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
The Blob can be easily compared to such classic Lovecraftian monsters as Shoggoths or the Colour Out of Space.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
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Synopsis
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Teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane 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 and grow 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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Associated Mythos Elements
- race: Shoggoth or Colour Out of Space
