The Blob (Criterion Collection)

It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!
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  • Audio Commentaries by Producer Jack H. Harris and film historian Bruce Eder, and by director Irvin S, Yeaworth Jr. and actor Robert Fields
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 22 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: November 14, 2000
  • Originally Released: 1958
  • Label: Criterion

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User Ratings: 31,612
Rating: 2/4 -- oh-no, not jello, NOT JELLO!
sbs.is
Jul 8, 2005
Bad, but never painfully so . . . Full Review
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Oct 23, 2009
Rating: 5/5 -- It's exuberant and extraordinary, and just nasty enough. Full Review
Suite101.com
Oct 6, 2011
Rating: 65/100 -- A surprisingly smart piece of 50′s camp. Full Review
eCinemaCenter.com
Aug 21, 2010
The Blob is one of those B-movies that will always inhabit a warm little nook in the affections of SF fans but, truth be told, it's never quite as fun as it should be. Full Review
SFX Magazine
Mar 28, 2011
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. Full Review
New York Times
Mar 25, 2006
Rating: 7/10 -- One of the most personable sci-fi horror films of its generation. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
Jun 20, 2015

Description by OLDIES.com:

"Beware of The Blob!" One of the great cult classics, The Blob melds '50s schlock sci-fi and teen delinquency pics even as it transcends these genres with strong performances and ingenious special effects. Made outside of Hollywood by a maverick film distributor, a crew experienced in religious and educational shorts, and a collection of theatrical talent from Philadelphia and New York, The Blob helped launch the careers of superstud Steve McQueen and composer Burt Bacharach.

Product Description:

THE BLOB is one of the quintessential films for lovers of those science-fiction/horror/monster/camp films of the 1950s. A red, gigantic, gooey, gelatinous glob arrives from outer space and proceeds to terrorize a small town. The more it eats, the more it grows. Local teenagers, who have witnessed its obscene display of hunger, are ignored until it seems that it's too late. Can the local bad boy (Steve McQueen, in his first leading role) save his 'burb from the sinister slime--and reform himself in the process' A perennial favorite of Saturday afternoon horror shows, the film is still a joy to watch, as the young McQueen battles his parents and the big protoplasmic hunk of Jell-O.

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  • UPC: 715515011129
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