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6.2A 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.
Released: 1958-09-1082 minDir: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.Horror, Science FictionBudget: $110,000Box office: $4.0MPart of: The Blob Collection
Cast
- Steve McQueen as Steve Andrews
- Aneta Corsaut as Jane Martin
- Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Dave
- John Benson as Sgt. Jim Bert
- Robert Fields as Tony Gressette
- James Bonnet as 'Mooch' Miller
Themes
- small town
- monster
- halloween
- film in film
- blob
- meteorite
- town in panic
- missing person
- nostalgic
- good cop bad cop
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
31,150 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 555144
- Image
- The Blob Trailer Screenshot.jpg
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- publication date
- 1958-01-01
- title
- The Blob
- Commons category
- The Blob (film)
- review score
- 6.3/10
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Categories
1950s monster movies1950s science fiction horror films1950s teen films1958 American films1958 English-language films1958 films1958 horror films1958 independent films1958 science fiction films1958 thriller filmsAmerican exploitation filmsAmerican films about extraterrestrial lifeAmerican independent filmsAmerican monster moviesAmerican science fiction horror filmsAmerican teen horror filmsEnglish-language science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms about alien invasionsFilms about size changeFilms directed by Irvin YeaworthFilms set in 1957Films set in cinemas and movie theatersFilms set in Pennsylvania