The Blob – Movie Review
Director: Irvin S Yeaworth Jr
Writer: Theodore Simonson, Kay Linaker (Screenplay)
Writer: Irvine H Millgate (Idea)
Cast
- Steve McQueen (The Great Escape)
- Aneta Corsaut (The Andy Griffith Show)
- Earl Rowe (Kojak)
- Olin Howland (Gone with the Wind)
- Stephen Chase (When Worlds Collide)
Plot: An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
Runtime: 1 Hour 25 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Blob starts when Steve (McQueen) and Jane (Corsaut) see their date interrupted by a falling object from the sky. They go to investigate the object only to find an Old Man (Howland) covered in some form of goo. After they race to the local Dr Hallen (Chase), they look to investigate more.
Meanwhile, the goo starts to consume anything it comes in contact with. This sees the Old Man and Doctor vanish and Lt Dave (Rowe) needing to investigate as Steve looks to prove what he saw was real. As the goo starts to spread, the town sees itself as needing to fight back against an unknown threat.
Verdict on The Blob
The Blob is a horror sci-fi movie following a small town that gets attacked by an unknown threat from space. It follows one man trying to convince the town they are in danger and need to fight back to stop the residents from being consumed.
This is one of the vintage horrors from the 1950s that used the fear of what could be in space to drive things forward. It shows the small-town panic that can consume the town and how nobody wants to believe the problems they are facing. The movie is one that is most famous for being one of the first Steven McQueen movies too.
Final Thoughts – The Blob is a classic horror B-movie, capturing the small-town insecurities.
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