AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

robfla-38664 One of the first horror movies I ever watched. I still remember that Saturday afternoon sitting on the living room floor with my brother and sisters. This film scared me so much it's still difficult to watch it today and I'm 55. In my top 10.

Woodyanders Teenagers in a small town battle a gelatinous alien life form that grows bigger every time it consumes another victim. Director Irwin S. Yeaworth keeps the enjoyable story moving along at a steady pace, generates a good deal of tension, nicely captures a sleepy rural hamlet atmosphere, and stages the attack scenes with flair (the sequence in a movie theater is a doozy). Steve McQueen in his film debut makes for a likeable hero while Aneta Corsaut lends sturdy support as his sweet girlfriend. The special effects hold up pretty well, with the blob sizing up as a memorably funky monster. Moreover, it's an interesting touch to have a gang of rebellious hotrod-racing teenagers depicted in a heroic manner instead of as the usual bunch of obnoxious troublemakers. Ralph Carmichael's robust score hits the rousing spot. Thomas E. Spalding's vibrant color cinematography provides a pleasing bright look. Insanely catchy and groovy theme song, too. A fun flick.

davidcarniglia The Blob is probably the best of the teens & monsters sci-fi movies of the 50s. The 'crazy-mixed-up-kids' focus actually helps the plot; the teens are an integral part of the community, they might be a nuisance, but can't be ignored.It's almost as though the blob is sort a device for the Steve McQueen-led high-schoolers to win recognition and respect from the adults. It's the elephant in the room which literally becomes too big to ignore. At the same time the menace the blob represents could be evil incarnate. A reminder, perhaps, that out of nowhere (outer space, in this case) evil is ready to destroy us, and nothing is an effective barrier to its invasiveness until it's believed and reckoned with.I think the deadly force of the blob contrasts well with the everyday fun--the hot rod set messing around, pulling pranks, making out, watching creepy films, etc.. The adults have their nutty moments too--the 'way-out' party of 50s yuppies that one teen happens upon; not to mention the earnest old guy genuinely bewildered about whether to put on his Civil Defense or Volunteer Fire Department helmet when things start going bump in the night.The pacing is pretty good, McQueen's restlessness becomes contagious in this isolated town, leading to the iconic blob-bust at the theater and the diner. I would like to have seen a more elaborate set-up to the Blob's appearance. A coconutish meteorite in a tiny crater is about as other-worldly as coals in a campfire pit. I realize there wasn't much budget to work with, but couldn't they have made the meteorite bigger? With its majestic trail across the sky before crashing, one expects something at least as big as McQueen's Plymouth. The flip-side to McQueen's star performance is the generic nature of virtually all the other characters. At least Aneta Corsaut has a demure presence, but her younger brother is so wooden that I kept hoping the Blob would get him. Still, his buddies 'make the scene' convincingly with their cool rods and custom cars. Well worth more than one look, The Blob does the job for me.

thelastblogontheleft The Blob, director Irvin S. Yeaworth's second film, is such a classic in its own right that it's amazing that EVERYONE didn't see it in theaters for its 1958 release (on a double bill alongside I Married a Monster from Outer Space). It was both of the leads' feature film debuts — Aneta Corsaut (who plays Jane) would go on to have a role in The Andy Griffith Show, and Steve McQueen (billed as Steven McQueen in the opening credits, who plays Steve) would become "The King of Cool", starring in many films from Bullitt to Papillon and would be the highest paid movie actor in the world in 1974.It takes place in a small town in Pennsylvania in 1957, with the film opening with a teenage couple — Jane and Steve — enjoying a date at a lovers' lane when they see a meteorite crash to earth nearby. In their effort to find it, they come across an old man (Olin Howland) who found the crash site first and now has the contents of the meteorite — a small ball of an unidentified gooey substance — engulfing his hand. They bring him to the nearby doctor's office, not knowing yet how much the whole town is in danger…** SPOILERS! **Ultimately, it's exactly the feel-good 1950s campy sci-fi movie you expect it to be. It never takes itself too seriously, and the monster — essentially a giant glob of semi- transparent Gak — is weird and mysterious enough to be interesting but never quite delivers on the scares. It's more a building sense of tension as the kids try to convince adults and police officers alike that they aren't playing an elaborate prank — there really IS an alien creature oozing its way through town and killing innocent people!The special effects, while cheesy at times, are overall quite good for the time period. I thought one of the first scenes — where the gelatinous mass quickly engulfs the old man's hand — was pretty great, as was the goo creeping its way under doors. There are moments where it's obvious that miniature sets were used, but I still appreciated the charm, like when the blob squeezes its way through the projector windows in the movie theater, presumably gobbling up some movie-goers and causing everyone to run screaming in terror (a great scene).The opening song, "The Blob" (written by Mack David and Burt Bacharach), is brilliant — I only wish the rest of the movie had followed in line with that level of tongue-in- cheek humor. It definitely did get a few laughs from me — the man pulling military jackets and hats out of his closet during the air raid sirens before exclaiming "this has never happened before — what do I wear!?" was great — but I wish it had poked fun at itself a bit more.The acting vacillates between stiff and humorously dramatic, in part, of course, because of the mediocre script. There are scenes that seem to go on forever with fairly needless dialogue — one of the early reviews of the film stated that it "talks itself to death" and I'd have to agree — and then moments where people are beside themselves with terror, like the nurse throwing acid on the blob and stating "nothing will stop it!". Steve McQueen still manages to be largely charming and likable (I particularly liked him trying to put one over on the police officer who questioned him about driving backwards), but Corsaut's role is pretty forgettable.The ending was also SO CLASSIC. Sure, we just loaded this frozen, killer jelly into an airplane and parachuted it down to the arctic. Why not? As long as it stays frozen, we'll be good! The end…!!?!Definitely not a favorite of mine, but its classic status can't be ignored, and I'd still recommend it as a must-watch for the genre, if for nothing else than watching Steve McQueen save the town from being eaten alive.