The Blob (1988)

[Nallix]

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This remake of Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.'s 1958 film staring Steve McQueen brings new effects and the style of the 80's to full force. Now it's not just a blob from space, it's a secret government project gone awry...yeah, it's the 80's alright, from the hair to the requisit Jason Patric-in-The Lost Boys wannabe riding a "motorcycle" that sounds and behaves mysteriously like a dirtbike. But what does the remake have that the original doesn't, besides goverment paranoia? Gore galore. Almost everyone who gets eaten by the blob manages to press against it's side and make a silly face as they disolve. If you like McQueen's original, but thought it was missing the red stuff, this is for you.

Things to look out for:

A guy being sucked down a sink
Great pulling-the-arm-off gag.
80's required make-out in a car scene

[Rovin]

This version of THE BLOB also has something that you don't see too often... a kid gets blob-gotten.

All eighties all the way, but it's got some great, disturbing grue effects.

[spookykat]

not too bad. matt dillion's younger brother...

[KISS Fan]

I saw this a long time ago and recently bought it on DVD. Haven't watched the DVD yet but I remember liking the movie a lot. The scene where the guy gets sucked into the sink is classic.

[Count Whackula]

And let's not forget Shawnee Smith. :love:

[hypnos]

I remember doing a book report or some such assignment for english class in High school based on the novelization of this.... then my buddy borrowed the book and lost it.

I did receive an A+ for my report however!

[deathmachine]

Originally posted by Count Whackula
And let's not forget Shawnee Smith. :love:

No doubt!

I love this flick. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Especially the scene where the hobo is jabbing at the blob with his stick and the blob shoots up his arm... I'll never forget that.

[Zombie Jesus]

This movie rocks!
The two most memorable scenes for me were the sink suck and the makeout hand in blouse scene.

I always thought this movie was terrific because of the over the top gore and sheer fun factor.

Director Chuck Russell also wrote and directed the second best Nightmare on elm street, The Dream Warriors.

But he's since lost his edge, directing horrible peices of shit like Bless the child.

I think the film deserves a new DVD!
The current one has no features I beleive.

[Count Whackula]

Originally posted by hypnos
I remember doing a book report or some such assignment for english class in High school based on the novelization of this.... then my buddy borrowed the book and lost it.

I did receive an A+ for my report however!


Yeah I have a copy of that book around here somewhere. I will have to dig it up again and read it.

[thetallman]

i also recently watched this - the DVD kicks around for about $6 us
online. it was better than i remembered in the 80's! in fact this and CHUD have been the best retro films i've seen recently...
:D

[macabre_maiden]

I really didn't think too much of this. The whole plot seemed to get lost in the gore. I love the original though, so perhaps I'm just biased.

[Hellseeker]

The original was great but there is something to be said for this 80's classic! Yes it is very 80's but the 80's rocked hands down! I will have to pick this up on DVD. Is the DVD transfer good?

[Rovin]

Originally posted by Hellseeker
The original was great but there is something to be said for this 80's classic! Yes it is very 80's but the 80's rocked hands down! I will have to pick this up on DVD. Is the DVD transfer good?

It's decent. It's a pretty basic disc, really.

[Bubba_Ho_Kev]

Originally posted by deathmachine
I love this flick. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Especially the scene where the hobo is jabbing at the blob with his stick and the blob shoots up his arm... I'll never forget that.

Yep - that part scared me too. Now, if only that stick would have had a nail in it....THEN he may have had a chance! :D

[Rovin]

Originally posted by Bubba_Ho_Kev
Yep - that part scared me too. Now, if only that stick would have had a nail in it....THEN he may have had a chance! :D

When in doubt, send the mutt in first. ;)

[abstain13]

I love this film.. it's great all the way through!

[Ghoulish Gary Pullin]

I've got a soft clot for the remake. Speaking of Blobs, does anyone own the Criterion release of the original?

[Satan's Favorite Son]

Speaking of Blobs, does anyone own the Criterion release of the original?

I wish! It sold out around here before I was able to get my hands on a copy. :cry:

As for the remake, I dug it. As I always say, remakes are decent if they keep the original feel of the first while trying to update it for consumption in present times. The Thing, The Fly and The Blob too, they all did this and that's why in my opinion they're successful remakes. I'm sure it would'a worked too had the Blob been a space virus or somethin', but tossin' in the conspiracy of the government creating the bacteria for a weapon really gave it the punch it needed moreso than the gore did.

Only complaint... no Beware Of The Blob theme song.

I would'a loved to have seen a sequel to this one focusin' on the Reverend and his little bit o' Blob bringin' on the Armageddon though. I hate when great films are open ended!

[Nallix]

Originally posted by Ghoulish Gary Pullin
I've got a soft clot for the remake. Speaking of Blobs, does anyone own the Criterion release of the original?

I do.

[Hardcore Horror]

The Blod remake is in walmart bins for $6.88.

I think I paid $20 for this a few years back. Such a fun movie. You got to love the 80's. The effects are pretty good.

[headlesshorseman]

the remake was ok, but nothing beats the original. i thought their was 2 sequels to the first blob. does anyone know the titles and if they are out on dvd.

[Hardcore Horror]

Originally posted by headlesshorseman
the remake was ok, but nothing beats the original. i thought their was 2 sequels to the first blob. does anyone know the titles and if they are out on dvd.

You might be thinking of innvaision of the body snatchers?

[headlesshorseman]

Originally posted by Hardcore Horror
You might be thinking of innvaision of the body snatchers?

no i am positive of this, i am wanting to say return of the blob, but am not positive.

[Satan's Favorite Son]

I think the second was called Son of the Blob, or somethin' to that effect.

[headlesshorseman]

that could be it, i will be thinking about this forever but am sure there was 2 sequels.

[Count Whackula]

Taken from IMDb.

The Blob (1958)
aka "The Glob" - USA (working title)
aka "The Glob That Girdled the Globe" - USA (working title)

Beware! The Blob (1972)
aka "Son of the Blob" - USA (video box title)
aka "Beware of the Blob"

The Blob (1988)

Something else I found interesting at IMDb. The Blob (2005) in Production.

Writing credits
Carey Hayes screenplay (as Carey W. Hayes)
Chad Hayes screenplay
Irving H. Millgate story

Produced by
Jack H. Harris .... producer
Scott Rudin .... producer

Wait and see on The Blob (2005) If this happens will it be a sequel or another remake?

[Satan's Favorite Son]

Wait and see on The Blob (2005) If this happens will it be a sequel or another remake?

According to Dread Central a few months back, it's a remake. :security:

[Vampyricon]

Another Blob remake? Why oh why…..

The raping of classics just doesn’t stop does it?!....

I am appalled….

The final straw for me will be a Halloween remake which I am certain will happen one day!!!

[Hellseeker]

I especially thought the whole drinks bar in the trunk of the car was pretty hilarious and well you cannot have a kick ass horror flick from the 80's without a metal tune during the end credits. Such is the case with this beauty....."Brave New Love" Performed by Alien.

[Beowulf]

Loved it when it came out... and thought it was heavy on the Gore for the time... that late 80's period of butchery censorship that destroyed so many classic films.

[Ravenheart]

I really liked the Steve McQueen original but I liked this one just a little better.I remember seeing all the gory photos in an old issue of Gorezone and desperately wanting to see it.The already mentioned drain scene was pretty good and you can add me to the names of the people that liked Shawnee Smith too :D The funniest scene was where the guy comes to pick her up after buying condoms at the drug store and seeing that the druggist was her father LOL

[Beowulf]

I purchased this yesterday at Wal-mart for $6. Hadn't seen it in awhile.
This is a decent remake... and faithful re-telling of the story with just a few twists to keep it interesting. I especially love the cheesy 50's style FX shots of an undulating blob in the background, while our heroes try desperately to look like they are part of the scene. I can't believe they made it look that lame by accident... it had to be a tribute to those campy FX shots orf the original.
I wonder how big of a fan the Director was of the old 50's horror. There are a couple of scenes where meg blasts a blobbish psuedopod with a fire extinguisher that are identical to scenes of soldiers blasting tentacles from the monster in It Came From Beneath the Sea.


Just one question... what the hell happened to the Sherriff?
Did I blink and miss something or did his character just up and disapear like a fart in the wind?

[The Gore-met]

I picked this up out of the $6.88 bin at Wal-mart yesterday and since I'm going to take a stab at brainbug's 31 Days of Halloween, watched this as my first film.

It's a ton of fun, definitely some great gore effects. I liked that the script kept the '50's small-town naïveté of the original. This film could almost be PG, I only heard one curse word in the entire film. I'm surprised nobody mentioned that Bill Moseley plays the wounded soldier in the sewer! It took me a bit to recognise Paul McCrane, who was the brilliant asshole Dr. Romano on ER, as Deputy Briggs. All-in-all, one of the better remakes out there, from a time when most films were NOT remakes. The transfer is quite decent, and a steal at what Wal-mart is selling it for.

[Satan's Favorite Son]

Just one question... what the hell happened to the Sherriff?

He was blobbed. If you watch the scene where Candy Clark is usin' the telephone booth, the Sheriff is the half digested dude who pushes up against the glass as the blob attacks.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned that Bill Moseley plays the wounded soldier in the sewer!

No kiddin'? Wow. I never realized that one before. Good find, GM. Guess it's time to revisit this one seein' how it's been awhile.

And yeah, Dr. Romano was great as the deputy (who once again was an asshole. McCrane has that role down pat!)

[The Gore-met]

Originally posted by Satan's Favorite Son

No kiddin'? Wow. I never realized that one before. Good find, GM. Guess it's time to revisit this one seein' how it's been awhile.

He's listed in the credits as 'Soldier #2'. I wasn't even aware that he was in it before I watched it, but you can't miss that voice. As I was watching that scene I actually said out loud 'Hey, I know that guy!' when he turned up. Good thing I didn't wake anyone up with my shouting at the TV!

McCrane had the best scene ever in ER, at least before I gave up on the show, when his character backed into the rear rotor of a helicopter and had one of his arms cut off. For TV, it was a really graphic scene. It completely caught me off-guard because I wasn't expecting it. If I recall correctly, that particular episode was a season opener.

[Ravenheart]

I've seen this movie I don't know how many times and I never knew Bill Mosely was in it.I'll have to keep an eye out for him the next time I watch now that I know where to look for him.He's the one Dillon takes the grenade launcher off to shoot his way out of the sewer right?

[The Gore-met]

Originally posted by Ravenheart

He's the one Dillon takes the grenade launcher off to shoot his way out of the sewer right?

That's him. Kind of a step back for him considering his role as Chop Top 2 years earlier. What I found even more interesting is that, if the IMdb is correct, he's in his early 50's. I must admit he is well-preserved if this is the case.

[Satan's Favorite Son]

McCrane had the best scene ever in ER, at least before I gave up on the show, when his character backed into the rear rotor of a helicopter and had one of his arms cut off. For TV, it was a really graphic scene. It completely caught me off-guard because I wasn't expecting it. If I recall correctly, that particular episode was a season opener.

I unfortunately missed that episode, but heard about it (gotta revisit it now that it's on DVD). I was plenty pissed though that they killed him off with a helicopter as well. After he died I stopped with the show.

He's a great actor who pulls the jerk character off to a T. Plus he has a knack for gettin' offed in interesting ways... like in Robocop.

[the_shapeless]

Originally posted by Satan's Favorite Son
He's a great actor who pulls the jerk character off to a T. Plus he has a knack for gettin' offed in interesting ways... like in Robocop.

Wasn't he in an episode of The X Files where he re-grew his head?

[Beowulf]

Originally posted by Satan's Favorite Son
He was blobbed. If you watch the scene where Candy Clark is usin' the telephone booth, the Sheriff is the half digested dude who pushes up against the glass as the blob attacks.


Putting the DVD in to rewatch this scene because I'm not sure your right about that.
I'll get back to you.
:D
Cause this is gonna drive me nuts if i don't.

[Ravenheart]

Originally posted by Beowulf
Putting the DVD in to rewatch this scene because I'm not sure your right about that.
I'll get back to you.
:D
Cause this is gonna drive me nuts if i don't.


Yeah he's right.The sheriff goes off to check something out and thats the last we see of him until the phone booth scene where Candy Clark sees him being absorbed by the Blob :D

[Beowulf]

*5 mins later*
Yup, your right. Thanks for that.
The scene definatly is set up to coincide with the sudden melted appearence of Sherrif Herb.
... and it looks alot like him, so I'll agree he must have got blobbed off-screen.
Not a very good edit though.
When Candy Clark see's him it's not easy to make out that she's screaming "HERB".
That would have helped.
I always thought it was the guy who got pulled down the plumbing.

Little things like this are frustrating, it's like listening to Zeppelin songs for twenty years and finally reading the lyrics one day ... realizing you've been singing the wrong damn thing half your life.

[DannyDreams]

Another Fine moment with Danny Dreams:

****SPOILERS****

Last night I was organizing all the Halloween props for my upcoming Halloween party titled...GHOUL'S NIGHT OUT. Of course I was in a hurry cause thanks to Encore's 31 nights of Halloween (some sort of horror themed marathon name) The Blob was going to be playing that night. I haven't seen that movie since my Gore Zone and Fangoria days. My early middle school days when I went from fear and fascination of being in elemtary to school to middle school...the beginning of my obsession of all things horror. So of course all I could remember from the few times I had seen it were blurry moments of a girl with glasses melted to the floor of the movie theater room. The busty chest of Vicky as it went from gorgeous to terrifiying. A greasy diner chef getting pulled through the pipes. Then my favorite moment of when the mean military guy (who looked an awful lot like Uncle Remus from the old Disney movie Song of the South) finally gets a dose of evil Jello and you see it pop up into his mask. Well of course the movie projectionist's yoyo coming down by the movie manager was classic also.

All in all from what I remember this movie was going to be fantastic...of course if memory serves me well. Ya see I'm a bit cautious to think things that I thought were good during my youth would still be good to the much more mature Danny. The other day I cleaned out the Nostromo Design print shop while I watched old videos of Thunder Cats' episodes. That was a let down as I couldn't believe that the child version of me could waste soo many countless hours to that cartoon. How could a kid sit through the dry dialog of the Thunder Cats...I guess it was that cool theme song. It is a pretty fucking cool theme song. So now that Thunder Cats dissapointed me it was time to see if all that gore and highly imaginative deaths scenes that were in Blob would hold up to my present day standards. Cause I'm soo much more mature now a days...sure farts are still funny and can't say the word boobies with out cracking a smile...but I own Life Aquatic, and have been to Formals with girls. I have even been to art galleries (sure I was there for the free wine but I still looked at the art) and listen to college radio.

Sooo to find the true test of hoping that The Blob would still be what I thought it was since the last time I saw it back in 89 and that it was a super rad gorefest (rad was the cool thing to say back then). The movie started out pretty much the way I remembered and this movie wasn't trying to pretend it was something more. Just a simple movie, with a simple small town attacked by a simple yet highly dangerous creature. The effects of the blob were great although my eyes now spoiled with CG effects saw the small bits of clipping down with models matted on the the actual film. But whatever. The hero boyfriend dies..and man does he die well. Still a shock and give the writers some credit for killing off the good guy boyfriend even though we knew that little brother Kevin Dillon would be the one that would win in this movie.

Now with my bed covers over me to keep me warm on an unusually cold fall night in North Carolina...I felt the worse coming on..my eyes were getting heavy. No fight it Dreams...you have been looking forward to this movie all week...don't fall asleep now. I make it! To what I felt was the best part of the movie...the movie theater scene. As the two young kids sitting watching the horror movie "The Toolshed Murders" (I think thats the name) I pick up something really funny I never caught on to as younger kid. While they watch the movie a young couple is making out and the guy looks up at the gardner using a plug in bush trimmer and he says "Isn't it a bit late to be doing yardwork?" funny as hell and even funnier to see the hockey masked guy lift up the electric trimmer over his head like hes leatherface. What a treat. (Holy shit this moment with Danny is becoming like a couple of moments).

To speed this all along I make it to the sewer parts but I unwillingly give into sleep and I'm out like a light. I wake up as I watch the credits of the Blob slide up the screen. DAMN IT! So fustrated...as I actually was enjoying that movie sooo much. I want more Blob...I want a sequel (hey if done right it could be cool) I want a Blob T-Shirt (Hmmmm?), I want a kevin dillion action figure complete with bike and Blob sewer scene playset. I love this movie and the special effects rank up there with The Thing and American Werewolf In London...ground breaking! But I got served last night as my high and mighty older more mature self thought so little of my younger self's taste in movies and T.V. Well I can say for one thing...at least I COULD STAY UP AND WATCH A MOVIE WITHOUT FALLING ASLEEP when I was younger!! So 1 point goes to younger me....0 points go to present day me.

I want to thank who ever read this entire thing. No work to do at work...highly bored. My opus for the day.

[Nallix]

Danny, please be sure to post a notice when you post Spoilers. Your post could be dangerous for anyone who hasn't seen the movie!

[DannyDreams]

Done and Done.

For those who haven't seen the movie...what the hell is wrong with you go rent it...go...do it...now! :security:

[Zombish]

I just got this movie last week, never seen it before, so I watch it the other night, It was soooo good, Good gore/deaths and fun all round, I liked it so much I went out put a frame, but the case of the movie in it, now it sits in it's new home, The desk beside my bed.

[C.H.U.D.]

I'm suprised so many people prefer the original over the remake. The original version is sooo boring. The actual blob itself is incredibly lame and silly looking, I mean, I know FX weren't that great back then, but come on, super imposed strawberry jam? Other than McQueen, the original film offers nothing of interest. The remake is a superior film on every level.

[DannyDreams]

Originally posted by C.H.U.D.
The remake is a superior film on every level.

Anything with Kevin Dillon is always a superior film

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=Kevin+Dillon/v=2/SID=e/l=IVS/SIG=13pumo5n8/EXP=1130528972/*-http%3A//us.tv1.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/hbo/entourage/kevin_dillon/entourage05.jpg

:lmao:

[northerain]

watched this when I was a kid...loved it too. I gotta watch the original.

[LaMort]

Originally posted by Count Whackula
Taken from IMDb.

The Blob (1958)
aka "The Glob" - USA (working title)
aka "The Glob That Girdled the Globe" - USA (working title)

Beware! The Blob (1972)
aka "Son of the Blob" - USA (video box title)
aka "Beware of the Blob"

The Blob (1988)


Wouldn't u call "the Stuff" (1985) a remake? I quite enjoyed it with all the other Blob films. I think the Blob could mak an excellent franchise. I say keep making them!

[deathmachine]

I don't think The Blob would be as tasty as The Stuff...

[joevader]

A decent re-imagining of the ole classic...I liked the idea of a quicker more sentient Blob that would reach out and snatch people...Pretty good gore too...and mulletts! By the way Danny, what on for Festiivus this year?

[beetlejuice]

Ah, the memories this movie brings...

There I was, a 11 year old kid whose parents just bought him a VHS, going to the old video store and picking up The Blob and The Omen, probably the only good horrror films that the store carried.
After watching a kick-ass movie like this one I actualy found The Omen boring as hell, my 11 year old mind kept asking for more gore.

I should really rewatch The Omen.

[Reverend_Doyle]

I actually enjoyed the '72 remake better than the '88. I hated the fact that the Blob was a government experiment. It just took away from it's mystique somehow.

[C.H.U.D.]

Originally posted by Reverend_Doyle
I actually enjoyed the '72 remake better than the '88.

There was no '72 remake, that was the sequel, and it was horrible. The '88 remake was 100x better.

[joevader]

here

[brainbug]

Originally posted by C.H.U.D.
There was no '72 remake, that was the sequel, and it was horrible.
But you have to admit that "The Film That J.R. Shot!" is a great DVD tagline.

[The Ripper]

I saw the sequel once years ago.I can't remember much about it except a scene where two people walk into a house and see a man sitting in his chair and covered by the blob.Wouldn't mind seeing it again sometime just to see how bad it was.

[Rancidfilms]

It's the folded in half smart ass cop that does it for me...and Shawnee Smith in a cheerleading outfit...

gimme an e
gimme an r
gimme an e
gimme a c
gimme a t
gimme an i
gimme an o
gimme an n

what does she give me?

[C.H.U.D.]

Originally posted by brainbug
But you have to admit that "The Film That J.R. Shot!" is a great DVD tagline.

Yes, I will admit that was pretty cool.

[XombiTom]

Another great 'Re-Lived' movie...Saw it when I was much younger and then saw it last year as an adult. 80's-o-rama! Like ROTLD II and the Monster Squad, this one was one I saw a bunch of times as a kid, but really liked still watching as an adult (can't say the same for Knight Rider or The A-Team...sigh...)

[elvismay]

I loved this movie. Another one in my dvd collection. I wish the dvd cover didn't have such a orange hue to it. It should be more purplish-red like the vhs cover showed! :security:

[Bloodloss]

Yet,another movie I obtained last week.

I still enjoy this movie quite a bit.The Hospital and movie theater scenes(when the Blob kills)are the best in the movie I think.

[Rancidfilms]

Another thing that some people don't realise about this film. The hot chick that make out artist Paul Jeske (played by Ricky Paul Goldin from Mirror, Mirror) has in his car is a young Erika Eleniak!

[77eyes]

yet another good movie i caught on demand this month. i defenetly want to buy this. i will wait, im sure there will be some type of new addition. now i got to watch the original.............. which is also on demand, fear net rules!!!!:banger:

[Rixx Rexx]

I loved this movie. Another one in my dvd collection. I wish the dvd cover didn't have such a orange hue to it. It should be more purplish-red like the vhs cover showed! :security:

Just get yourself a color printer that you can adjust on board or via your PC, or scan the cover into your PC, and give it the purple hue you want. Then replace the cover with the print out one you made. Problem solved and you'll have a happy Christmas too!

[Fred Garvin]

I caught this on Fearnet too and enjoyed it quite a bit. It has that certain fun 80's charm and I think it would make a good companion piece with Night of the Creeps. This one has some really nice makeup/gore effects and a couple of good jump-scares too. Sometimes the shots of The Blob itself were a little wonky though. Budget limitations probably had something to do with that. I also liked how main characters just keep on gettin' killed when you expect them to get away. Overall a good, fun little flick.

And am I the only one who would like to see "The Hedge-Clipper Massacre" get made? That would be cool!:)

[poisionivy]

I watch the orginal movie every time it comes, on the old tube! Can't get enough of it! The boys night out ended up on the wolfy side of things, meaning no one took the lads seriously! Because of their childish pranks. They must of hollered Wolf, to many times. I saw this flick when I was a little girl and, my mother could only make one kind of desert JELL-O! YEKS!! I can't eat Cherry jiggly, wobbly JELL-O ,to this day. All I think of when I see that red jiggly stuff, :) :) here comes the BLOB! From Poisionivy

[KISS Fan]

I'm not sure which version you are talking about so I merged it with the 1988 thread. You can use the search button or the reference list on the top of the page to find whatever movie you are looking for.

[Nightstalker71]

Its hard to believe that this movie is 21 years old already.It just seems like yesterday that I was reading about it and anxiously awaiting it to come out so I could go see it.Seeing the theater scene while you're actually watching the movie in the theater is downright creepy.I remember some of the things that happened in the movie really surprised me.The kid being killed was the main one.

[Pseudonymous]

This was on Chiller last night, and, having never seen it before, I thought it would be perfect to watch as part of my 31+ Days of Halloween. I've actually never seen the original either, so I can't compare and contrast this remake with its source material. What I can say, however, is that this is a really fun movie that strikes the right balance between gruesome and humorous. The gore is plentiful, and there are lots clever touches throughout (SPOILER e.g., the first time we see the blob, the film cuts to a shot of a kid eating jello, the same kid who, if I remember correctly, later becomes blob-food [or is it that kid's friend?] There are also a lot of familiar names and faces involved: in addition to a young Shawnee Smith playing the female lead, you get Frank Darabont as one of the screenwriters and Jack Nance in a blink-and-you'll-miss-him role as the doctor who treats the blob's first victim. Anyone who is a fan of stuff like Slither and Night of the Creeps who hasn't seen this yet should do so immediately.

[Torgo]

I guess this is the thread for the 1958 version, too.

SPOILERS

A meteor falls to Earth, an old guy pokes it with a stick, the meteor opens and The Blob is released to attack the town, getting bigger as it eats person after person. The cops don't believe the kids until The Blob eats half the town, and they finally beat it in a cool way. The end?

END SPOILERS

What can I say, it's The Blob. Steve McQueen in the most spastic performance of his career, the innocent 50s, cool cars, big red blob, fun flick. I haven't seen the remake in a while so I can't say one is better than they other, but I always enjoyed the original. There's really not much else you can say about this movie. I mean, you could analyze it as having something to do with the fear of communism, but that was every monster movie back then, and it robs the film of all its fun. Better to just let sleeping Blobs lie.

4 Burt Bacharach Theme Songs out of 5

[Dark Mark]

I probably should revisit it and would were the memories nary so poignant. I saw it as a date movie with the most stunning blond strumpet a man may dream of and spent almost the entire film playing tonsil hockey in the back row. It just wouldn’t be the same without her...sigh.

[gloomy grrl]

I'm suprised so many people prefer the original over the remake. The original version is sooo boring. The actual blob itself is incredibly lame and silly looking, I mean, I know FX weren't that great back then, but come on, super imposed strawberry jam? Other than McQueen, the original film offers nothing of interest. The remake is a superior film on every level.

Yeah... I had watched (and enjoyed) the remake long before I saw the original, and I was crazy bored until the last 15 - 20 minutes. I suspect this is one of those films that if I had seen the original as a girl, I would have preferred that version. I did find it charming, quirky, and kind of fun - but not particularly scary or suspenseful.

[PsychotronicFan]

I'm suprised so many people prefer the original over the remake. The original version is sooo boring. The actual blob itself is incredibly lame and silly looking, I mean, I know FX weren't that great back then, but come on, super imposed strawberry jam? Other than McQueen, the original film offers nothing of interest. The remake is a superior film on every level.

I watched both of these films back to back today. Each have their own wonderful qualitites. I disagree with C.H.u.D's take on the original. Besides, the opening tune, co-penned by Burt Bacharach makes it to my Halloween mixes every year.

The original delved into subject material, that at times was cheesy, but developed a genre of unthinking all-enveloping monsters.

As to the remake...pretty mindless stuff..but seldom boring. I liked the angle of government involvement, as well as the sink and phone-booth scenes.