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

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.

campycreepyold-schoolsuspensefullightheartedmonster1950smodest

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)

Trailer

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