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The Blob is a 1958 American horror and science fiction film directed by Irvin Yeaworth, also credited as Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. The screenplay was written by Kay Linaker, with music composed by Ralph Carmichael. The cast includes Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Olin Howland, and John Benson. The narrative is set in Pennsylvania, primarily within a movie theater, and focuses on extraterrestrial life.
Produced by Tonylyn Productions Inc., Valley Forge Films, and Fairview Productions, the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. It has a runtime of 82 to 86 minutes and was released on September 10, 1958. The production budget was $110,000, generating $4,000,000 in revenue. The film is part of The Blob Collection and is available via video on demand.
Critical reception includes a 68% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metascore of 58. It holds an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 on IMDb, based on 31,150 votes, and a 6.223 average on TMDb. The film received one nomination total. Its tagline is "It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!"
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6.2A 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.
Cast
- Steve McQueen as Steve Andrews
- Aneta Corsaut as Jane Martin
- Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Dave
- John Benson as Sgt. Jim Bert
- Robert Fields as Tony Gressette
- James Bonnet as 'Mooch' Miller
Themes
- small town
- monster
- halloween
- film in film
- blob
- meteorite
- town in panic
- missing person
- nostalgic
- good cop bad cop
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
31,150 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- monster film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- extraterrestrial life
- Director
- Irvin Yeaworth
- Screenwriter
- Kay Linaker
- Composer
- Ralph Carmichael
- Producer
- Jack H. Harris
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 555144
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Blob Trailer Screenshot.jpg
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- publication date
- 1958-01-01
- title
- The Blob
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- The Blob (film)
- derivative work
- The Blob
- set in environment
- movie theater
- review score
- 6.3/10
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