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STARS...
Steve McQueen, Aneta Corseaut, Earl Rowe,
and Olin Howlin.
PLOT SUMMARY...
A jello-like alien from space threatens a small town.
QUICK SCAN...
This film could be compared to "Son of the Blob". THE
BLOB features action and FX. It's fun to catch a young Steve McQueen
(only 28) in his first starring role. The blob monster is not a very
convincing alien, but that doesn't detract much from the fun. A scene
of the blob taking over a movie theatre is a film highlight.
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DIRECTOR: Irvin S. Yeaworth,
Jr.
YEAR & RATING: 1958 (NR)
BEST BETS:
Day of the Triffids
The Thing (82)
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SYNOPSIS...
A young man hot rods around. The cops hassle him a bit. Later, making
out with his date, he observes a meteorite crash nearby.
In town, the kids believe him, but the adults don't. The town's doctor
disappears. A blobby alien begins attacking people. It invades the town's
movie theatre.
It enters the movie theatre, threatening teenagers. People panic, running
out of the theatre. The teenagers freeze the blob with the CO2 from a
fire extinguisher. It's taken and dumped in the Arctic. |
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Review:
Director Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr's THE BLOB is one of the better alien
monster on the loose movies of the 50's.
Steve Andrews (Steve McQueen) and his girl Janet Martin (Aneta Corseaut)
are making out in his car on the edge of town. They witness an odd meteor
crash in the woods.
While Steve's teen pals believe his story, the adults in town don't.
Soon a blobby monster is on the rampage.
This was the first staring role for Steve McQueen, who went on to become
one of the biggest superstars of the Sixties and early Seventies. Steve,
billed here as "Steven McQueen", is fairly credible as a teenager,
although he was 28 at the time. McQueen, who was one of the highest
paid movie stars of the early Seventies, received only $3,000 for his
starring role here.
THE BLOB was made for $240,000. It went on to gross $4 million dollars.
A good hunk of the film's budget went to its blobby Special Effects.
Though decent for the time, the herky jerky movements of the jello-like
blob look rather silly today. Barton Sloane is responsible for the FX.
The film's theme song, "Beware of the Blob" is kind of fun.
Burt Bacharach, surprisingly, is the responsible party.
THE BLOB should be fairly watchable for some Sci-Fi viewers. Steve McQueen
fans will dig this one.
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