The Blob 1958
- Director: Irvin S. Yeahworth
- Based on the novel: no
- Cast: Steven McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland, Steven Chase,
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Steve McQueen – The Towering Inferno, Papillon, Getaway, Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair, Baby the Rain Must Fall, Love with a Proper Stranger, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven
- Aneta Corsaut – various TV series in the 60s
- Why? Cult film
- Seen: 14 March 2021.
The cult film of all cult films? That’s
what it says on the DVD box.
Teen-agers Steve (McQueen) and Jane
(Corsaut) witness a meteor that turns out to be a blob made of what looks like
raspberry jam. Quite pretty, actually, only it swallows people whole and gets bigger
and bigger, threatening the whole town. Only nobody believes Steve and Jane when
they try to warn everyone.
The story is childishly simple, the
dialog laughingly bad, the acting almost as good as mediocre high school
thespians.
Maybe there’s a deep political or social message
here. The threat to small town America? The disintegration of modern society to
devastating consumerism? True love in the time of the Blob? Teen-agers will
save the world?
Is it a masterpiece? An embarrassing turkey?
Silly entertainment? Amateurish rubbish? All of the above?
Hal thinks maybe 5* of 5. I think maybe 0* of 5. So there you have it.
0/5* of 5
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