The Blob

It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!

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Science Fiction
Horror

Overview

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.

Keywords

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Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 10, 1958
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Tonylyn Productions Inc.,Valley Forge Films,Fairview Productions
Cast: Steve McQueen,Aneta Corsaut,Earl Rowe,John Benson,Robert Fields,James Bonnet,Olin Howland,George Karas,Stephen Chase,Vincent Barbiand 19 more
Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Writer: Theodore Simonson,Kay Linaker,Irvine H. Millgate
Producer: Jack H. Harris
Cinematography: Thomas E. Spalding
Music: Ralph Carmichael
Budget: $110,000
Revenue: $4,000,000
IMDb: tt0051418