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The Blob
🎬 Movie

The Blob

1958 · 82 min Horror Science Fiction
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Steve Andrews

Aneta Corsaut

Aneta Corsaut

Jane Martin

Earl Rowe

Earl Rowe

Lieutenant Dave

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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

Stephen Chase

Stephen Chase

Dr. T. Hallen

Vincent Barbi

Vincent Barbi

George the Diner Proprietor

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