Film195886 min

The Blob

Name: The Blob
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1958
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, John Benson, Robert Fields

Taste attributes: horrorscience fictiondetectivedisastermonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearenclosedall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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"It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!"

Boxlist takeA fantastical, fresh horror film: weighty and morally murky. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.3 /10

TMDB · 391 votes

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What lines up

Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

A 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.

Synopsis: TMDB