Rotten
Neither the acting nor direction is particularly creditable.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Blob
It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!
1958 · 1h 22m · Approved
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
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.
Director and cast
- Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Director
- Steve McQueen as Steve Andrews
- Aneta Corsaut as Jane Martin
- Earl Rowe as Lieutenant Dave
- Olin Howland as Alter Mann
- John Benson as Sgt. Jim Bert
- Stephen Chase as Dr. T. Hallen
- Robert Fields as Tony Gressette
- James Bonnet as 'Mooch' Miller
- George Karas as Officer Ritchie
- Elbert Smith Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Unfortunately, [Harris's] picture talks itself to death, even with the blob nibbling away at everybody in sight. And most of his trick effects, under the direction of Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., look pretty phony.
Howard Thompson, New York Times
Fresh
Arriving from outer space (for which read Russia), a large ball of interstellar snot terrorises a small American town by eating everything in sight.
Time Out
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