The Blob
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Movie Reviews of The Blob
Movie Review: Good, Goopy fun
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great "drive-in" style film, similar to the original except that the special effects are much better. Its well worth a look.Movie Review: The blob
Summary: 4 Stars
Excellent scifi movie. I saw the first version by STEVE McQueen, but this is better(effects,technology,etc).Movie Review: Good remake
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good remake that sticks mostly to the original story line but adds some good special effects.Movie Review: The Blob (1988)
Summary: 3 Stars
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Joe Seneca, Del Close, Paul McCrane, Jack Rader, Billy Beck.
Running Time: 95 minutes
Rated R for violence, gore, and language.
"The Blob", a glorified, special-effects injected remake of the 1950's classic, opens to the eerie and totally deserted streets of a small American town called Arborville with everyone attending the big game. One of the football players Paul Taylor (Donovan Leitch) asks an attractive cheerleader out named Meg Penny (Shawnee Smith). That night an old man (Billy Beck) who lives out in some woods near Arborville sees a flaming meteorite land nearby. He investigates, he sees a purple jelly substance moving around inside. He unwisely decides to poke it with a stick. The purple jelly slides along the stick and attachés itself to his hand. The towns local petty criminal Brian Flagg (Kevin Dillon) is repairing his bike when the old man jumps out from behind some tress at him and tries to cut his own hand off with an axe. The man disappears into the woods, Flagg runs after him. Paul and Meg are on their date when the old man runs out in front of their car and is hit. Paul and Meg take the old man and Flagg to the local hospital. Before long the old man has been more or less completely eaten by the blob and decides Paul looks tasty as well. The blob is loose, it's growing at an extraordinary rate and will eat anything or anyone that moves! The local police, Sheriff Herb Gellar (Jeffrey DeMunn) and his deputy Bill Briggs (Paul McCrane) don't believe a word of their story to begin with, but as the population of Arborvile rapidly decreases they have a race against time to stop the blob before it eats the entire town and possibly the whole of nation. Soon after, Government agents turn up, lead by the sinister Dr. Meddows (Joe Seneca) and Colonel Hargis (Jack Rader), and it soon becomes clear that they aren't the towns saviours as they at first appeared to be.
The special effects are often silly, but nevertheless very effective, with sequences that are very imaginative and take advantage of the 80's style humur that make that decade's horror films what they are. The acting, as you would expect, is nothing to write home about; but the cast approach their roles with gusto, and the fun performances help to make the film what it is. Kevin Dillon as the reluctant hero and Shawnee Smith as the only living witness to what's behind all of this are likable in their roles, and pleasingly, the story gives the latter's character a lot more fire and guts than you'd imagine a the role of a cheerleader to have. Dillon's character is your regular badboy turned good, but he plays it well, despite his shocking mullet! A diverting subplot involving the origins of the blob adds a good twist near the end, and there's a creepy ending that hints at the possibility of a sequel. Chuck Russell does a great job of creating the right sort of atmosphere for the film and the screenplay is better than you would expect for a trashy eighties horror flick. Overall, an entertaining remake that will undoubtedly satisfy those who love cheesy horror flicks or who just enjoy watching good, hokey fun, no matter the genre.
Movie Review: The Return Of The Blob!! Oh NO!!
Summary: 3 Stars
Once upon a time in 1958 a little horror gem was made, it was titled "The Blob" now the this blob wasn't like any other blob, oh no sir, this blob was mean and liked to eat people with its nasty gelatin..Ok enough cute talk, let's get to the movie.
This remake of the original 50's classic makes the best effort to re-invent the story of a meteorite that carries a deadly alien life form...or so it seems. This time around we have Shawnee Smith as the lead protagonist (best known from Saw franchise) her role in this film is as great as it is in the saw movies, she presents a typical teenager, but with a little bit of attitude. Along are other forgotten 80's stars.
I have to admit that the plot may be in certain ways similar to that of the original, but the Chuck Russell (Director) brings new gimmicks and frights to what you may think can be your typical cheesy horror flick. I myself was surprised by some of the moments were I jumped in the movie. The effects are also impressive, even though by today's standards they are outdated, there are still are alot of impressive mechanical effects that are not seen much nowadays.
Personally this is a rare remake that's superior to the original. It's almost up to par with David Cronenberg's The Fly. I personally would buy it, its slick, funny, and of course slimy lol.
MY PERSONAL RATING: 3 OUT OF 5