The Blob (1958)
- Directed by
- Irvin Yeaworth
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, monster film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 669 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A meteorite crashes near a small town bringing a red jelly-like alien that eats people and grows bigger. Teenagers try to warn the adults and stop the blob before it consumes everything.
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What happens
The Blob is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. from a screenplay by Theodore Simonson and Kate Phillips, based on an idea by Irving H. Millgate. It stars Steve McQueen (in his first leading role) and Aneta Corsaut and co-stars Earl Rowe and Olin Howland. The film concerns a carnivorous amoeboid alien that crashes to Earth from outer space inside a meteorite, landing near the small communities of Phoenixville and Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It envelops living beings, growing larger, becoming redder in color and more aggressive, eventually becoming larger than a building. The Blob was released on September 10, 1958 by Paramount Pictures as a double feature with I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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