This sure is an interesting little horror movie in the line of the many that were released in the 50's in the genre.
A sort of a creeping eating-man blob that grows constantly falls from outer-space and menaces the lives of the people of a small community somewhere in the USA. A couple of teenagers (a young Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut) konow about the menace but adults don't take them seriously. The whole story takes place through a single night.
McQueen's presence raises this product; though he wasn't a star back then, you could tell he was on his way (he got his real kick right after this one as Vin in the successful "The Nagnificent Seven").
Not very prolific director Irvin S. Yeaworth does it acceptable here with a most simple and prolix handling. Though the special effects that give life to the monster would seem perhaps funny for today's computer standards I remember they worked well for kids like me when I saw "The Blob" when it was released in theatres. A color and an unusual and sticky -for this kind of films- main song also helps the product and its originality
All in all, this is an unpretentious horror/sci-fi movie worth a watch at least and an example of what the genre had to offer back then.
A sort of a creeping eating-man blob that grows constantly falls from outer-space and menaces the lives of the people of a small community somewhere in the USA. A couple of teenagers (a young Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut) konow about the menace but adults don't take them seriously. The whole story takes place through a single night.
McQueen's presence raises this product; though he wasn't a star back then, you could tell he was on his way (he got his real kick right after this one as Vin in the successful "The Nagnificent Seven").
Not very prolific director Irvin S. Yeaworth does it acceptable here with a most simple and prolix handling. Though the special effects that give life to the monster would seem perhaps funny for today's computer standards I remember they worked well for kids like me when I saw "The Blob" when it was released in theatres. A color and an unusual and sticky -for this kind of films- main song also helps the product and its originality
All in all, this is an unpretentious horror/sci-fi movie worth a watch at least and an example of what the genre had to offer back then.