5/5 So Cool!
  by Tony Harris (Los Angeles, CA)
Just a great movie.It's so scary when the old man finds the meteor. I also find the scenes in the doctor's office quite unnerving!

5/5 THE BLOB was the scariest movie I had EVER seen!
  by Jacob Brasser (Gowen, MI)
It all started when I was 8 years old. I was watching the movie Grease and in the film there is a scene where the teens are in a drive-in moveie theater and are watching the trailer to THE BLOB. I found a weird fascination about the film at that moment. I retrieved a $[...]vhs copy of The Blob and watched it early one morning before school. That is when it started. I saw the slimy acid ball consuming people left and right! I was certain that the Blob itself was going to jump out of the screen and eat me as I watched Dr. Hallen try to blow it away with his double-barrel shotgun! I watched it eat the projectionist and attack the Colonial Movie house. From that point on I would have nightmares for 6 long years about the Blob. It was the first and ONLY monster film that ever scared me so bad. When I was 14, I decided to get up the guts and watch the film again and get over my fear. I did. In fact, not only did I get over my fear but I also fell in love with the movie. It is now one of my favorite movies of all time and it will continue to be a scary yet fond memory of my chilhood. I just recently watched the extremely well done Chuck Russel version from 1988, I like that almost as much as the original now! And that remake ACTUALLY IS scary! But the original scared me to the point that every other movie on the planet that's scary is NOT scary to me! Nothing! The Criterion DVD of THE BLOB is fantastic. I highly recomend it because of its excellent picture restoration and special features. However, I STILL HAVE that 35 Anniversary vhs edition that I got when I was 8, for $7.00. That was 10 years ago now and this classic monster film is still with me and will continue to crawl, creep, and and eat me alive! Get the DVD! It's awesome!

4/5 McQueen vs. Lovecraft
  by Garrett Cook (Warrenville, IL)
The product of a time when everybody was jumping at shadows, The Blob both asks and answers the question "what are we afraid of?" Considering the gelatinous mass of mystery and menace that is the titular monster in this film, that answer is "I don't know". H.P Lovecraft, master of pulp horror and primordial terror brings up the same question and answers it much the same way, that we fear the mysterious, faceless thing from beyond, that we know that it is bigger than us and we are at its very limited mercy. If Lovecraft had written this movie, the earth would have been slurped up. Lovecraft also wasn't counting on Steve McQueen. Cosmic horror versus pure cool, Fonzie versus the Flying Saucers. If you haven't seen it, you've gotta. I give the movie five stars.
While I am dead certain that I am not the first one to express this misgiving here, I will say that Criterion has deprived itself of the fifth star. It comes with an awesome movie poster and it's got commentary, but compare this to the releases of Vampyr or Slacker and it looks pretty thin. Steve McQueen and space goo deserve so much more.

4/5 It Creeps! It Leaps! It's the Everlovin' BLOB!
  by James "Scotman" April (Bakersfield, CA)
What a classic monster movie!

The movie starts with a cool jazz number, and singing about The Blob (It creeps, and leaps, and glides, etc.....)

We meet a bunch of teenagers that are just having a little fun and a meteorite that hits the ground.

An old man find the meteor, pokes the contents with a stick and the Blob decides to stick to him too.

There is some story regarding going to the doctor.

Steve (Steve McQueen) and his girlfriend tell the doc that they'll find out about the whereabouts of the old man's place or if they know anyone who knows him. However, they get distracted by being challenged to a backwards drag race!

Those darn kids!

The townsfolk don't believe a word of what Steve is saying about The Blob and he begins to have doubts himself. Meanwhile, The Blob grows bigger as it dines on the townsfolk. Steve, the reluctant hero of the piece, mobilizes the teenagers to warn people of their impending doom. "You made us waste 80 cents for the theater? What's up, Steve?"

The antics and comedy mix well with the horror of the flesh-absorbing Blob and the occasional jazz number to liven things up.

I felt like I was watching Father Knows Best, Leave It to Beaver and a space monster movie all in one. Hilarious, endearing and horrifying.

Steve McQueen's screen debut and you can see the budding talent of an actor that would go on to Bullitt, The Great Escape and Magnificent 7.

Great, fun and typical 50's B film. Cool entertainment.

The DVD is from the Criterion Collection, lots of extras with Black & White stills, commentary and more.




5/5 A Blotch--a Splotch--do do doo do do
  by Steven A. Chesser (usa)
This movie never gets old. Before my time but if I could travel back in time it would be to the 50's first without a doubt. Then the Jurassic era...

This movie is a classic hands down. Great vibe, action, characters just a thrill to watch. The Criterion transfer is superb I saw detail I never knew were there on my HD 60"!