The Blob

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The Blob

R

1988

1h 35m

Horror

Sci-Fi

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In a tiny California town, high school students Brian (Kevin Dillon), Meg (Shawnee Smith) and Paul (Donovan Leitch) discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path. The deadly substance gets into the town's sewer system, where it begins growing uncontrollably, occasionally emerging to feast on unsuspecting townspeople. A military clean-up crew is sent to eliminate the menace, but it may end up doing more harm than good.

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Critics Consensus

The Blob can't replicate the B-movie charms of the original, though its fast pace and gory thrills pack enough of a punch to make it a worthwhile update.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Jul 3, 2019

Stunning practical effects work, a great story with great characters, and a huge sense of fun, it's a shame that The Blob doesn't have as big of a following as it should have.

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Peter Travers

People Magazine

Mar 4, 2019

All we get is sullen Kevin Dillon subbing for Steve and a bigger, nastier lump that bloodies up its victims in stomach-churning close-ups.

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

Feb 25, 2026

4/5

Though The Blob’s jaw-dropping practical effects are its main draw, the film’s script does a great job of developing a fun cast of small town characters while working in some humor and charm along the way.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Dec 4, 2025

10/10

It’s a corny monster premise, somehow made actually terrifying by showing, not telling what the monster can do.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

Jan 22, 2025

Director Chuck Russell’s remake of the 1958 B-movie maintains the notion of an all-consuming ooze gorging itself on a small town but infuses it with body horror, fluorescent jelly, and a nothing-is-sacred disaster movie attitude.

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Jan 25, 2024

4/5

Russell creates a breakneck monster-on-the-loose crowd-pleaser with a fun nostalgic pulse.

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Julie

Oct 20, 2026

approaching on-par with the thing but trading off the claustrophobic character tension for the sheer terror of scale where the cold war themes are text. escalatingly gruesome set piece deaths of the utmost quality and impact. really admire the arc of protagonist meg played by shawnee smith (yes! her! from saw!) exercising greater and greater agency as she evades and combats the blob. oh my god.

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Webster P

Sep 7, 2022

Really awful movie that would have been relegated to the dust bin of time if it didn't star future screen icon Steve McQueen. Brilliant in it's awfulness and horribly acted. This is the perfect drive-in movie. A chore to sit through YET giddily hokey dialog left me laughing and nostalgic at the same time. I recommend you see it...at least once.

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Solis

Sep 5, 2022

Great to see an old movie on a big screen but this one was watchable only because of great Steve McQueen. Otherwise pales in comparison to other 50s scifi/horror classics like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Day the Earth Stood Still, etc.

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Greg P

Sep 4, 2022

loved seeing it on the big screen

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Kathy H

Sep 4, 2022

I like the whole movie, we have it at home on DVD but never got to see it on the big screen

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Rod B

Sep 4, 2022

The chance to see this classic on the big screen was wonderful!

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Synopsis

In a tiny California town, high school students Brian (Kevin Dillon), Meg (Shawnee Smith) and Paul (Donovan Leitch) discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path. The deadly substance gets into the town's sewer system, where it begins growing uncontrollably, occasionally emerging to feast on unsuspecting townspeople. A military clean-up crew is sent to eliminate the menace, but it may end up doing more harm than good.

Director: Chuck Russell
Screenwriter: Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Palisades Entertainment Group
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 5, 1988, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.8M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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