
The Blob(1988)
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.


“It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!”
A 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.

Steve McQueen
Steve Andrews

Aneta Corsaut
Jane Martin

Earl Rowe
Lieutenant Dave
John Benson
Sgt. Jim Bert

Robert Fields
Tony Gressette

James Bonnet
'Mooch' Miller

Olin Howland
The Old Man

George Karas
Officer Ritchie

Stephen Chase
Dr. T. Hallen

Vincent Barbi
George the Diner Proprietor
The Blob is a horror, science fiction film released in 1958 exploring themes of small town, monster, halloween, film in film, blob, meteorite. Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., it stars Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe. A 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.
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