The Blob
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The Blob

It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!

6.2 / 10 1958 1h 22mNR English
HorrorScience Fiction

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Steve Andrews

Lead
Aneta Corsaut

Aneta Corsaut

Jane Martin

Earl Rowe

Earl Rowe

Lieutenant Dave

JB

John Benson

Sgt. Jim Bert

Robert Fields

Robert Fields

Tony Gressette

James Bonnet

James Bonnet

'Mooch' Miller

Olin Howland

Olin Howland

The Old Man

George Karas

George Karas

Officer Ritchie

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.'s vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Blob is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker