TMDb Rating
6.2/10
642 verified votes
The Blob (1958)
HorrorScience Fiction
82 min
"It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!"
Plot Summary
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.
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Keywords to include
HorrorScience FictionIrvin S. Yeaworth Jr.Steve McQueenAneta Corsaut1958
Director
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Top Cast
Steve McQueenAneta CorsautEarl RoweJohn BensonRobert Fields
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