The Blob

1988

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

46
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 60% · 30 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 60% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 48581 48.6K

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Plot summary

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.

Director

Chuck Russell Photo
Chuck Russell

Top cast

Art LaFleur Photo
Art LaFleur as Pharmacist / Mr. Penny
Julie McCullough Photo
Julie McCullough as Susie
Sharon Spelman Photo
Sharon Spelman as Mrs. Penny
Rick Avery Photo
Rick Avery as Soldier with Cracked Faceplate
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
749.90 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 3
1.43 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 29

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by acedj 8 / 10

A great remake

This movie takes the classic made in 1957 and updates it with a modern tone and special effects. If you are unfamiliar with the plot; A meteor crashes to Earth, and contained within is a gelatinous creature with an insatiable appetite for humans. As it eats more and more people, it grows in both mass and red color. How do you stop a creature that is impervious to bullets? Beware the blob. Comparing apples to apples here, the original movie is like a Sunday drive with your grandparents, slow but ominous. The remake is more like a Grand Prix race with a driver on speed. What the different tempo and special effects could not do is vastly improve upon the original. If this was your first exposure to The Blob, I would say you would hate the 50's version. If you saw that one first, then you will like this movie, just not quite as much. All in all this is a great updating, but it lacks some of the heart.
Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 7 / 10

an acceptable remake

Usually, when they attempt a remake of a classic sci-fi/horror flick, they bungle it beyond redemption. "The Blob" is actually a pretty good remake, elaborating the original's story. In this case, the protagonist - aside from the title character - is punk Brian Flagg (Kevin Dillon). The movie's strength comes from the intrigue that it portrays.Needless to say, now that the censorship laws had eased, they were able to add in some more things. I'll never forget the sink scene (as I call it). And, as I understand it, Donovan starred in this movie (or was it someone else with the name Donovan Leitch?). Oh well, the point is that they eked out a good movie with this remake.
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