The Blob

I am a fanatic for the first, 1950s THE BLOB, as well as the swingin', cheeze-log 70s version, BEWARE! THE BLOB!. In this 80s update, we get a cheerleader (Shawnee Smith from Saw) and a local tough-guy (Kevin "Not Matt" Dillon) who try to convince the sleepy town of Arborville that a giant alien mass is eating its way through the population. In keeping with the original, no one believes them. This time out, we get the added attraction of a massive government conspiracy! The best aspect of the new one is its superior SFX, complete w/ rampaging protoplasm and its realistically dissolving victims! My favorite scenes include the "disintegrating football jock", "man sucked down the sink drain" "phonebooth waitress squish", and "imploding dream-date" sequences! There are even a few nods to the Steve McQueen version in the meteor, freezer and movie theatre scenes. Co-written by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist). A worthy addition to the BLOB legacy... ... Read more

O.K. I must admit that I've never seen the Original The Blob - Criterion Collection starring Steve McQueen but now that I have watched this excellent re-make I might give the original 50's classic a chance. Out of the night skies, a comet soars over the tops of pine trees before landing in the deep forest surrounding a small town. Soon an alien substance is making its way towards the town, taking victims and leaving their charred bodies in its wake. It appears to be unstoppable and soon government men in protective suits turn up, supposedly there to contain and destroy the intruder. It is up to a group of young teenagers to stop this alien carnage and save their small town before it's too late. Inspired by the original classic sci/fi Steve McQueen movie, Chuck (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3, The Mask) Russell's re-imagining was a fun, gore-packed sci-fi horror that featured Matt Dillon's younger brother Kevin as the lead anti-hero and Saw's Shawnee Smith as the cheerleader and heroine, w... Read more

I first saw this film for free on FEARnet a video on demand service available through Cox Digital cable. I watch it and thought it was great, than I saw it again, and once more. Than my friend ordered it on his Netflix and I saw it once more. I have now seen this film six times in the last year and I have not gotten tired of it. On the contrary with each viewing I have grown to appreciate it more and more. I finally broke down and ordered it from Amazon.com two days ago and am looking forward to seeing it again. Bottom line, The Blob (1988) is an overlooked horror classic on par with Day of the Dead (Divimax Special Edition), John Carpenter`s The Thing (Collector's Edition), and A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-4: 4 Film Favorites. Enjoy.

Who says all remakes are terrible? This 1988 reworking of the classic "The Blob" is super fun, gory, fast paced, and still holds up twenty years later. Even as a science fiction/horror movie on it's own, it easily ranks as some of the best the 80's has to offer. What appears to be a meterorite crashes down to earth landing in the outlying woods of a small town, bringing with it a grotesque blob creature with an appetite for humans! The havoc that ensues brings about the unlikely pairing of the high school outcast and preppy cheerleader as they struggle to escape the merciless, oozing fiend. Together they discover that the government is the true culprit behind the creature's scandalous origins, and attempt to reveal the truth to the town. The death scenes in The Blob are some of the most horrific looking ever. There is no task too dirty for the blob, it knows no limits! It may strike by entering any orifice of your body and imploding you, it may strike from above suffocating you a... Read more

This horror flick is suspenseful, has good dialog, convincing acting, and a good score. The director even provides some drama at times, such as the scenes following the death of the young girl's boyfriend at her house with her parents.