Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Aliens, Monsters, Teenage, Cult Classic, Suspense
Tagline: Scream now, while there's still room to breathe.
Plot: One of the great classics, The Blob melds ‘50s schlock sci-fi and teen delinquency pics even as it transcends these genres with strong performances and knockout special effects. Made outside Hollywood by a maverick film distributor, a crew experienced in religious and educational shorts, and a collection of theatrical talent from Philadelphia and New York, The Blob helped launch the careers of superstud Steve McQueen and future Andy Griffith Show girlfriend Aneta Corsault.A strange gelatinous organism from space falls to Earth in the small American town of Arborville. The blob engulfs and eats dogs, then humans, then everything in sight as it grows larger and more harmful to the townspeople. The government gets involved, but are their motives in the best interest of the citizens? Hockey-haired rebel Brian (Kevin Dillon) and brave cheerleader Meg (Shawnee Smith) may be the only townspeople to uncover the secret to it all! The classic 1958 monster film gets a modern facelift in which the major difference is the grade of special effects on display. The plot remains essentially the same, with a dash of conspiracy and paranoia thrown in for good measure, but the blob--and the full-view digestion of its victims--is more frightening than
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 When you put it all together you have an extremely exciting and cool late 80's horror flick. If you've seen it before check it out again, take it from me, it's worth another view, you may be surprised, I know I was and if you haven't seen it before, takeit upon yourself to check it out you won't regret it.--Sonny Fernandez (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
Highly entertaining update is certainly a memorable time with a cast filled with familiar character actors, above average effects (though a few times they're only so-so), an old fashioned feeling to the proceedings and a last third that piles on plot twists, tension and cool blob deaths. ... See this, it rocks.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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The special effects in this movie almost rival those of the thing. They are just as horrific, but that's one of the only things to watch the movie for.  --Zaero (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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