The Blob (1958) User Reviews

Nostalgia Heaven!

[worldsofdarkblue · 7/10 · 8 January 2006]

This movie is of almost generation-defining importance to some of us born in the early post-war years in that (and especially if you were born between 1946 and 1953 and loved spending Saturday afternoons at your neighborhood movie house) you almost certainly saw it. And the memory of seeing it has probably stayed with you. It's style is the stuff of a brief and somehow gloriously exciting moment in our growing up days.

It had a modern, space-age storyboard for the audiences of it's time. The set was any town with a supermarket and a movie theater that would be packed for a Friday midnight show. It has hot rods and rebellious youth, but in the 'why can't they let us have fun' way rather than the disturbed, histrionic rebel-without-a-cause way. All characters were identifiable to us - teens, parents, the old man, the doctor, the nurse, the mechanic, the boy, the puppy, even the cops - were sympathetic to us. We could relate to them all

It had a singularly horrifying monster. It's first victim is heard moaning 'it hurts.....it hurts' and we were convinced and frightened. The menace grows continually throughout the story. There are intense periods of suspense, colourful effects, a fabulous lead in McQueen, and moments of humour, both intended and not. It even had an almost over-the-top sad part to make the more sensitive of us feel like crying.

I saw it in summer, age 9 or so, double billed with 'I Married A Monster From Outer Space', and was so thrilled by the experience of this particular double feature that I went back a couple more times before it left. Everyone I knew saw it. Everyone I knew loved it.

Tense, well paced thriller with a good sense of humour.

[loserfilmnerd · 7/10 · 2 January 2011]

This hugely entertaining b-movie starts off with an insanely catchy rockabilly song that perfectly sets the mood for what's to come. This movie never makes the mistake of taking itself seriously, which is what made it such an effective thriller.

The acting was actually pretty stiff, and the main characters aren't that interesting, but the director is really good at keeping this viewer in suspense. The blob was pretty ridiculous, but I still tensed up whenever I saw it on screen. And like I said in the summary, this movie has a sense of humour, which is important in low budget science fiction.

I also found the special effects to be clever. The Blob slithered under doorways, through vents, and up people's legs. It was kind of obvious how they did a lot of it,but I personally think that's part of the charm of pre-cgi effects.

Bottom Line: If you're expecting great acting and character development, skip this, but if you like b- movies, it's a masterpiece.

Nothing Can Stop It, Janey Girl!

[gftbiloxi · 7/10 · 30 May 2005]

Who would think Andy Griffith's "Helen Crump" (Aneta Corsaut) had a Steve McQueen movie in her past? But that is only one of several weird and wonderful things about the ultimate 1950s teenagers-battle-creatures movie, which might best be described as Rebel Without A Cause meets God Knows What From Outer Space. The Rebel is Steven McQueen (who would shortly decide that "Steve" sounded less prissy), a good boy with just enough wild to be interesting; the very wholesome yet understanding girlfriend is the aforementioned Aneta Corsaut. It was bad enough when their date was disrupted by teenage hot-rodders, but they are considerably more nonplussed when they encounter a gelatinous, man-eating What Is It that rides down to earth on its own hotrod meteor--and begins gobbling up townfolk right and left. But will the grown ups believe them? Of course not, what do they know, they're just kids!

The movie is teeny bopper at its teeny bopping best. The actors take the rather pretentious script very seriously, with many a soulful look into each other eyes, and the "adult" supporting cast probably says "Kids!" very third sentence or so. But the real pleasure of the film its creature, which is well imagined, well-executed, and often manages to generate a surprising degree of suspense. And although clearly on the cheap side (check out those miniature sets, guys!), THE BLOB is actually a fairly well-made film--and there's that catchy little theme song thrown in for good measure. The 40-plus crowd (myself included) will enjoy the movie as nostalgia, but that won't prevent them from hooting right along with the younger set at its whole-milk-and-white-bread 1950s sensibility, and the film would be a great choice for either family-movie night or a more sophisticated "grown ups only" get together. Make plenty of Jello cubes for movie snacking! Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer

Smarter than the average horror film

[benzene · 23 January 2001]

I have read many of the user comments and I think that the film is generally not getting credit for being a smart thriller. Why does the monster have to be on-screen to make it good? Hitchcock said that suspense plays better than action and although this film missed many opportunities to be more suspenseful, it's is at least not stupid.

In how many horror films today does the hero know the monster and its nature when he should? Steve knows what he's dealing with almost from the beginning and his frustration is not being able to convince the authorities.

Yet the authorities act in a totally credible way as well, even the annoying sergeant. Who would believe such a story from a bunch of "kids" (we know Steve wasn't a kid, but his character is).

One key example of the movie's intelligence: Steve is yelling to Dave to get CO2 fire extinguishers long after Dave has already gotten the message and dispatched people to get them. How many movies made in the 90s would be smart about this subtle detail?

I'm really tired of watching movies and having people behave in ways different than they really would in real life (the most irritating recent example is Tom Hanks falling asleep with the flashlight on in Cast Away). Horror films in particular do this in spades (which is why the Scream films have been so popular), but The Blob, to me, stayed pretty true to its characters, and in so doing made a smarter and better film.

Yes there are many flaws, perhaps biggest is Steve McQueen's very uneven performance, but I think they missed key opportunities for suspense that could have turned this above average, kinda scary, kinda funny movie that's a cult favourite into a true classic.

Jello Again

[bkoganbing · 6/10 · 7 July 2012]

A horror film that is both goofy and strangely terrifying. One has to wonder about what the Creator/Deity was thinking when The Blob was made. What kind of world did it come from? When it's in it's normal habitat what does The Blob feed on? When you think about it The Blob is your ultimate doomsday weapon.

The soon to be legend Steve McQueen got his first starring role in The Blob, a 28 year old playing a teen who is out getting down to business with Aneta Corsaut when a passing meteor lands, cracks open, and out pops this Jello like creature which just absorbs whatever is living around it on contact and just grows. In the end it is covering your average greasy spoon diner with McQueen, Corsaut, and others inside.

Most of the film is McQueen trying to warn folks about it with the help of Corsaut. Of course the adults, especially law enforcement don't believe him after all he's a typical Eisenhower era teen with girls and hotrods on his mind. In fact in the middle of a mission, he takes time for a little drag race.

But it's Steve who actually discovers the secret of if not killing The Blob at least rendering it helpless and inert. McQueen was paid $2500.00 for the film, in two years that might have paid for one of his entourage.

The Blob was the farewell film of character actor Olin Howlin who usually played rustic types in a couple hundred films. He's The Blob's first victim that McQueen and Corsaut discover.

After over 50 years still an interesting and camp film.

Good, Campy Fun...

[MetalGeek · 6/10 · 5 April 2010]

I first saw "The Blob" on TV back in the '70s when I was about eight years old and it scared the unholy crap out of me. (I was a nervous type kid.) Seeing it again as a grown man, I smiled a lot at how relatively mild-mannered it is by today's standards, but "The Blob" is still a ton of fun. A young Steve McQueen (billed as "Steven" here for the first and only time in his career) plays the plucky, square-jawed teenage hero (despite the fact that he was 27 when he made the movie) who battles valiantly against the usual group of unbelieving grown-ups (who's gonna take the word of a teen-age hot rodder?) in order to save his small town from a man-eating alien hunk of goo that crashes to earth inside a meteor and begins absorbing townspeople at an alarming rate overnight. The title creature may resemble a wiggling, chewed up hunk of bubble gum, but you gotta love those attack scenes shot from The Blob's point of view (did they use a "Blob Cam?") and that oh-so-catchy theme song ("It creeps! It leaps! It slides, it glides across the floor!"). Admittedly "The Blob" suffers a bit from a few slow patches in the middle of the film where Steve and his fellow teens do more talking than anything else, but once the third act begins and the creature oozes into a sold-out midnight horror movie show at the local theatre, causing mass panic, it's golden. "The Blob" is an iconic piece of 50s sci-fi/horror, no doubt, and it's just as much fun to watch today as it must've been "back in the day." "The Blob" was remade in the late 80s by "Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors" director Chuck Russell (I like that version as well), and now I'm hearing that Rob Zombie's next film project will be yet another new version of "The Blob." What puzzles and worries me is that Zombie says the first thing he's going to change in his remake is that there won't be "a big, red Blobby thing. I hate that." Now, how the hell are you going to make a "Blob" movie WITHOUT a big, red Blobby thing? Blasphemy!!!

King of Kool's first

[skarbear6404 · 7/10 · 19 December 2004]

The only notable thing about this film is that it was Steve McQueen's first big starring role.

McQueen's talent is undeveloped and raw but refreshingly honest in this campy little sci-fi horror piece. Steve shows himself as the anti-establishment, hot rod car loving actor who would become a polished icon of the film industry just five years hence.

Later on, McQueen would say he hated this film and that "he was the blob". But everyone has to start somewhere and The Blob is cute, fresh and innocent. Would that we all had stayed that way.

The plot is fast paced and although predictable, still an entertaining hour or so. And it's really fun to see Steve McQueen before he became The King of Kool (and Anita Corsaut before she became Andy Taylor's girlfriend). A close friend sent me the DVD a while back and it's a treasured addition to my Steve McQueen film collection.

Campy Sci-Fi Classic with an Unfortunate Love of Lingering

[drqshadow-reviews · 5/10 · 22 June 2015]

A small bubble of jelly tumbles dramatically from the sky, landing in the woods just outside Main Street USA, and swiftly begins absorbing and digesting the town's population. Naturally, the only ones to understand this predicament are a small tribe of no-good teenagers, and the crusty old grown-ups don't listen to a word until it's almost too late. It's a classic sci-fi trope, from the heart of Hollywood's cheap, silly, sci-fi boom, and that's always fun to watch… to a certain extent. After jumping right in with a first-scene asteroid crash, though, The Blob loses its way fairly quickly, dragging its feet through all manner of slow, dry, window-gazing scenes while the monster gets busy somewhere decidedly off-screen. The attraction is a blob of man-eating goo, but the film seems more concerned with the history of kid-cop-parent relations in this sleepy little borough. It drags on forever, until it's suddenly time to wrap things up and then we rush through all the good stuff in a quick, delirious blur. It's in that quick, vibrant sprint that we enjoy all the best shots - a stampede to escape the theater, a fully-engulfed diner - but they're mere glances, and none seem blessed with the right amount of gravitas. The history books tell us that this was never intended to be a hallmark of the genre, and that much is clear. The studio didn't think much of it because, apart from a brilliant title and a far-leftfield concept, there really isn't all that much to think about. It's an empty, abrupt, stupid, yet inexplicably magnetic, time capsule. A short, simple novelty at the best of times.

I grew up in Royersford, Pa.

[RickNeal · 8/10 · 9 January 2000]

I grew up in Royersford, Pa. The town where Jerry's market was. I remember my whole family going out to watch the filming. I remember a guy showing the "Blob" to me and my brothers in a bucket. I also would like to share that my mother was in the movie. Her hair style was the same as Aneta Corsaut's and she was ill one evening and they saw my mom and asked her to sit in the car with Steve Mcqueen for some shots from behind. They payed her $25.00 and gave her a story to tell until she passed away this past August. My mom was not a teenager and she was a few months from giving birth to my little sister.

"Come on, Steve, make sense!"

[utgard14 · 6/10 · 18 January 2017]

Sci-fi "classic" that holds some cheesy appeal but really isn't that good, in my opinion. It stars a young Steve McQueen (although not as young as the part he's playing) and Aneta Corsaut (Helen Crump herself) as two teenagers who try to warn people in their hick town about a red blob that came to Earth in a meteorite. The blob keeps eating people and growing in size. Bad stuff. Like I said, this has some cheesy camp value for many (dig that theme song) but it has never done much for me. I actually enjoy the 1988 remake more, which is saying something considering how much I loathe remakes on average. By the way, I've seen this a few times over the years and this print I saw on TCM is easily the best I've seen. The colors are crisp and the picture is cleaner than any of the other versions I've seen. There are a lot of cheap DVDs of this one out there and they have some pretty lousy picture quality. Watching crap is bad enough but watching it in crappy quality is the pits. Anyway, this is famous enough that I think any fan of older science fiction and horror films should see it at least once. It's got some Ed Wood but not quite Roger Corman upside to it.

Beware Of The Blob!!

[xyzkozak · 5/10 · 9 January 2015]

The Blob was everything that a 1950s Teen/Horror flick should be.

It was fun, goofy, contained plenty of laughable dialogue, and, yes, it was actually quite entertaining, in a cheesy sort of way.

Bad-boy actor Steve McQueen, as Steve Andrews, leads the local teenagers into a battle to save their town from being swallowed up by a giant glop of cherry-coloured Jell-O from outer space.

True. The Blob isn't really very good - But, how can you hate a movie a crazy that's as this?

The Blob is definitely worth checking out.

It even features a title song that was written by Burt Bacharach.

A Classic All On It's Own

[zombking · 8/10 · 27 December 2002]

I look at this page, and it seems disapproving to me to have to listen to someone ramble and rant at a real classic. Sure, I agree to let everyone have their opinion, but here's mine:

This movie should not be missed by any classic horror watcher, and should be seen many casual viewers around the world. Sure, it has lost some of it's flair and greatness with age, especially in todays world of CGI effects, but that's not why you should like it.

You should like it because it actually is a scary movie, even for today's standards. It's overall ickyness will creep you out just as much as the original audiences, so don't slam a classic if you haven't given it a chance. Watch it, but not with a critical attitude. Watch it to have fun, how it was originally intended.

B-horror classic

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 6 July 2018]

In rural Pennsylvania, teenagers Steve Andrews (Steve McQueen) and Jane Martin are parked in his car when a meteorite crashes over the hill. A local hillbilly pokes at it with a stick and goo grabs onto his hand. The teens find the suffering old man and bring him to doctor Hallen in town. It's the start as the blob consumes its victims and grows ever larger.

This movie has two things going for it. It's got a good B-horror premise that is executed pretty well. It's also got a young McQueen early in his career. The writing can be clunky and the acting can be uneven. The boy is no picnic. The part I most appreciate is McQueen's self-doubt after the initial police station scene. I also appreciate that the adults are mostly reasonable with that one exception. Even that cop is reasonable in his fiery angriness. The Blob effects are not the most advanced but it does have great camp value. It's notable that the kids are the ones with the truth and the adults are reluctant to believe them. The theater stampede is the big iconic scene and the movie drags on a bit after that. This is a classic although not a classic for the critics.

Bland Blob

[amosduncan_2000 · 1/10 · 9 February 2015]

Maybe because McQueen went on to be such a big star, perhaps because it was seen by many as kids on afternoon T.V.; but "The Blob" has become a favorite of many, the defining film of it's type.

And that really too bad, because "The Blob" really stinks. Tedious, amateurish, poorly executed at every level. In one scene (due to the connection to producer Jack B. Harris) the audience is laughing at John Parker's fascinating "Daughter Of Horror" and one wants to gag at this derision for a vastly superior film.

It's like watching every cliché of Drive-In teenage movies, and no doubt that is also why people like it. But it's like watching those clichés played in slow motion with no with and style. Which makes me suspicious this is the favorite of this sort of thing for people who really don't like this sort of thing.

Gobs of Fun

[BaronBl00d · 2 November 2004]

What a fun time can be had watching The Blob! A meteorite with a blob inside it lands, attatches itself to an old man's hand, engulfs the old man, a nurse, a doctor, and so on...until it is a huge mass of jelly-like substance squeezing through small openings and killing anything and everything in its path. A very young Steve McQueen plays the small-town teenager who just can't get any of the establishment(adults) to listen to him. The film was shot with a shoestring budget and the actors, with the exception of McQueen who shows talent and personality even at this youthful age, range from mediocre to downright bad(Doc Hallen for example), but none of that is overly important to the monster itself. Nothing like it had ever been on film before and some scenes stand out as decidedly very original and memorable. The Spook Movie festival in the movie theater and the finale at the diner are such classic scenes.

Goo Times

[slokes · 6/10 · 18 May 2014]

"There's always room for Jell-O..." Vintage ad copy becomes end-times prophesy when a growing globule takes on a small American town, and it's up to a few teenagers to raise the warning. But will the adults listen?

"The Blob" is a fun nostalgia ride that tells a good story, less about the horror than about the struggle of young people trying to do something about it. The title monster has some chilling scenes, though its slow movement and the cheap period special effects make it more a curio than anything frightening. Where "The Blob" succeeds is as a portrait of small-town life, and of young people trying to come to grips with something they don't understand.

Or as the story's hero puts it: "How do you get people to protect themselves from something they don't believe in?"

Two 1960s icons check in here. Burt Bacharach provides the catchy title melody, his first of many hit songs for movies. More significantly, Steve McQueen shows up in his first lead role as the hero, Steve Andrews. He plays the role with many of the practiced ticks and mannerisms pioneered by James Dean, but like Dean also showcases real screen presence and charisma.

The same goes for the rest of the cast, consisting largely of regional stage actors and bit-part movie actors. Even though they are far from polished, they work to sell the homey nature of our setting and its characters. Credit director Irvin Yeaworth, a maker of religious films who made this to help fund his other endeavors, for giving his players the room to work their own personalities into the production, rather than trying to turn it into another Hollywood spectacle.

As someone with a fondness for the Eisenhower years, I get a kick out of the cool cars Steve and his buddies drive, the sense of ready community spirit, midnight movies, kissing under the stars, and the corny, good- spirited humor. Sure, everyone seems to be white here, but it was shot in Pennsylvania, so even that kind of works.

The monster does have its moments, too. The opening scene when old-timer Olin Howland finds the meteor and the thing inside it still packs a punch, as does his later demise. When "The Blob" came out, 40-year- veteran screen actor Howland might have been its most recognizable player, but that doesn't stop Yeaworth, like Hitchcock in "Psycho," from giving his star an early exit.

The middle is where it gets too fuzzy. Having made his big entrance, the monster disappears for a long interval, perhaps to field press questions or sign an endorsement deal with some cooking-spray company. The focus draws more on the kids, which is okay in that you care about them and enjoy their company (especially that of McQueen and leading lady Aneta Corsaut) but debilitating in terms of building on the early suspense. While the disbelieving-adult angle is worthwhile, too much energy is spent on non-credible elements like a police sergeant who insists Steve is pulling a "gag" when talking about seeing the town doctor killed.

As a McQueen fan, I enjoy seeing the star playing a more sympathetic version of what would become his trademark man of action rather than words. Sure, he wasn't a teenager like the character he played, but he's effective all the same. He has a couple of terrific scenes with Corsaut, where he tries to convince both of them of what he saw. I also get a kick of a bit where the future "King Of Cool" is coronated by his teenage buddies for beating them in a drag race. They even crown his head with a hubcap, like they traveled forward in time and saw "Bullitt" before shooting this scene.

"The Blob" is padded in other ways, but fortunately its only 82 minutes, and a harrowing conclusion manages to overcome sloppy animation as well as the wobbly build-up. Mostly for the nostalgia and McQueen, but also a few other things, "The Blob" is worth your time.

Dig That Crazy Jello!

[davidcarniglia · 7/10 · 6 July 2018]

The Blob is probably the best of the teens & monsters sci-fi movies of the 50s. The 'crazy-mixed-up-kids' focus actually helps the plot; the teens are an integral part of the community, they might be a nuisance, but can't be ignored.

It's almost as though the blob is sort a device for the Steve McQueen-led high-schoolers to win recognition and respect from the adults. It's the elephant in the room which literally becomes too big to ignore. At the same time the menace the blob represents could be evil incarnate. A reminder, perhaps, that out of nowhere (outer space, in this case) evil is ready to destroy us, and nothing is an effective barrier to its invasiveness until it's believed and reckoned with.

I think the deadly force of the blob contrasts well with the everyday fun--the hot rod set messing around, pulling pranks, making out, watching creepy films, etc.. The adults have their nutty moments too--the 'way-out' party of 50s yuppies that one teen happens upon; not to mention the earnest old guy genuinely bewildered about whether to put on his Civil Defense or Volunteer Fire Department helmet when things start going bump in the night.

The pacing is pretty good, McQueen's restlessness becomes contagious in this isolated town, leading to the iconic blob-bust at the theater and the diner.

I would like to have seen a more elaborate set-up to the Blob's appearance. A cocoanutish meteorite in a tiny crater is about as other-worldly as coals in a campfire pit. I realize there wasn't much budget to work with, but couldn't they have made the meteorite bigger? With its majestic trail across the sky before crashing, one expects something at least as big as McQueen's Plymouth.

The flip-side to McQueen's star performance is the generic nature of virtually all the other characters. At least Aneta Corsaut has a demure presence, but her younger brother is so wooden that I kept hoping the Blob would get him. Still, his buddies 'make the scene' convincingly with their cool rods and custom cars. Well worth more than one look, The Blob does the job for me. 7/10.

Always a Classic!

[NerdBat · 7/10 · 8 April 2018]

If you are a fan of old science fiction, horror, and monster movies and you haven't seen the blob yet, you definitely need to! Being one of the first monster movies I ever saw as a kid, this film holds a dear place in my heart. I always loved the simplicity of it, a blob of jelly that seems to have a mind of its own and is completely unstoppable. It absorbs all living matter, causing it to become bigger and to even apparently change colors. The movie is terrifying, hilarious, and just down right unusual. It's great for the whole family, especially on those late night spooktaculars!

Absolutely Chronic!

[writevjnow-IMDB · 1/10 · 8 October 2021]

Let me start with the good things about this movie. First of all, it eventually ends. Secondly, I liked the dog. Seriously, Steven McQueen looked older than the policeman who was calling him a kid. A kid? I kid you not. It's hard to believe that this is the same McQueen who is so memorable in The Great Escape and Bullitt. That's not really fair though because McQueen is memorable in this because his acting stinks. It is fair to say that everyone's acting stinks in this although the dog did ok. The idea of the blob from space is great but the storyline is thinned out with ludicrous scenes. For example, McQueen's character has been asked to perform a task but dilly dallies all the way and I am thinking "Well, I guess in Hickville then is no sense of urgency even if a strange creature from space is threatening life as well as limb". I've seen the movie almost twice. I watched it right through on one occasion many years ago and was so appalled by the amateurishness of the movie that I remembered that. Starting to watching it again, I wondered if my memory was not serving me well. But, nope, my memory was just fine. I watched all of 20 minutes, or less, then decided I would go and do something more exciting, like wash the dishes.

Excellent B-grade entertainment!

[zetes · 8/10 · 11 May 2002]

The Blob is a classic 1950s B-movie sci-fi flick. You probably know the story: two teens (Steve McQueen & Aneta Corsaut) see a meteorite hit the ground, and when they go to look for it, they run into an old man with some weird...blob attached to his arm. They take him to the doctor's office, and then go to find out what happened. From there, the blob spreads, eating everyone in its path. The special effects are cheesy fun, as is the story. There are a lot of great touches, like the cop who plays chess over the radio with a cop in another district. It's no masterpiece, but it has a special place in its genre. Steve McQueen is very good. 8/10.

Never Fear! The Teens Can Handle This Icky, Sticky Situation!

[strong-122-478885 · 6/10 · 13 September 2013]

Opening with a saxophone-punctuated, little jazz/pop ditty (penned by Burt Bacharach) containing lyrics that go like this - "Beware of the blob! It creeps and leaps and glides and slides across the floor...." - You can bet that this super-schlocky, 1950s, teen, Sci-Fi/Horror flick is guaranteed to deliver (in all of its dead-seriousness) a literal score of priceless, unintentional laughs from start to finish.

And laughs it certainly does produce - Even before the big-bad blob, in all of its gelatinous, cherry-colored glory, makes its first gooey screen-appearance.

From its hilariously dumb dialog, to its totally wooden performances, to its goofy, low-budget special effects - The Blob is sure to please any hardcore fan of 1950s, B-movie junk. You can bet on that.

I mean, how can you possibly go wrong with such wacky highlights that include the blob (growing bigger by the minute) attacking a petrified nurse in Dr. Hallen's office and the blob (now even bigger and meaner than you could ever imagine) invading the local movie theater during a midnight movie show, causing the piercing screams of sheer panic and horrified mayhem to prevail at full-throttle.

Just Awful

[johnbrittain · 2/10 · 6 July 2018]

I don't begrudge anyone's fond memories of seeing this years ago but, please, this movie is really bad. It's the kind of movie that would go well on Mystery Theater 3000 or whatever that show was where these guys in the front row make rude remarks about the movie on the screen. To have someone say that this was good sci fi must mean that that person had never seen something like the original Day the Earth Stood Still. That was good sci fi.

Quite Absorbing

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 4 October 2001]

I've always liked this movie because when I was ten I saw it as a double feature with "I Married a Monster from Outer Space." I remember the bouncy theme song and the eerie quality of the beginning. A meteor lands and an old man finds it. Poking it with a stick, a taffy like substance makes its way down and suddenly swallows up his arm. He, of course, is absorbed and the fun begins.

This fun flick, is one of those many fifties' teenagers are misunderstood movies. We have the nice cop and the angry cop, who has it in for the local teenagers because of something that happened to his family. McQueen has a bad rep and his credibility is constantly in doubt because of his hot rodding. Aneta Corsaut, Helen Crump from "The Andy Griffith Show" is his female companion. She is misunderstood as well. McQueen is suspect and her father, a prototype fifties take no hostages father, forbids their seeing each other. Some things haven't changed and it fuels the fire. Meanwhile, the blob is soaking up the locals at an alarming rate. There is my favorite where a mechanic, lying on one of those creepers, is pulled under the car, his legs twitching. Then there's the strawberry jam, oozing out through the openings in the projection booth. But like all good teen movies, the kids know more than the adults and save the day. They even get to break the windows at the high school. The movie is pure fun and not to be taken so seriously.

Well... it's blobby...

[swedzin · 6/10 · 15 October 2012]

I really had such a great time watching this film. It is very interesting that this is the film debut of Steve McQueen, good old Steve, good old badass. A typical story of 50s SF... a meteor falls down in... America of course, it is actually a protoplasmic blob and it's hungry! And guess what, blob's favorite food is human flesh, wow... Of course, police would not believe a bunch of young kids, so the blob will spread and made a disaster in the small town. I found this film entertaining, funny and unusual. Why is that? Because it is pretty rare, the rare idea for a large jelly mass to spread all over and eats everything in it's path... We usually have monsters, giant insects... all that stuff... but a large jelly blob? No way! It's interesting that the sequel was released in 1971, but, it didn't do any good. This one is better. Go, Steve!

A cheesy horror flick that happens to be very well done!

[andy-227 · 16 May 1999]

Hey, I know all about the campy horror flicks of the 50's, with the women screaming at the cameras while the monsters carry them away. A spoof of that genere was made into the movie "Matinee", which was inspired by William Castle. But, if any one of those flicks stands out as something actually very good, it would be "The Blob"! The performances, including Steve McQueen's, really give the film life, instead of a mindless junk fest for teenagers. The blob itself, is a really scary monster, because it has no shape, no face, no reactions to anything. Nothing! Just an ooze of slime that crawls along, looking for more things to eat. Things like "The Fly" just look hilarious, with big bulging eyes, and a helpless woman screaming at the top of her lungs. Suprisingly, "The Blob" has very little of that. You will have fun with this flick! Oh, and take my advice, STAY AWAY FROM THE REMAKE!