Comments on: The Blob (1988)

By: Petite Tops ·

Petite Tops · — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:55:58 +0000

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Thermoplastic Elastomers : — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:56:00 +0000

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By: FTopel

FTopel — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:43:50 +0000

FYI: I worked as a projectionist when I was a teenager and I’m still here. Guess I got out before it was too late.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:36:44 +0000

I rewatched this recently. It’s totally an 80’s movie, but it works. I love the look of the creature. Way more horrifying and just plain gross to look at than one might expect. That part when it slops its way out of the movie theater and into the alley still makes people collectively “ew!” The kills are brutal too. The effects work is great but the idea I think is what makes it as unnerving as it is gross. Everyone’s got a fear of being eaten alive, but skipping the whole eaten and swallowed part and skipping straight to digestion? Ouch. That looks like it sucks.

By: The Lam

The Lam — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:45:23 +0000

I loved this movie. The kills were brutal and great!

By: rainman

rainman — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:55:09 +0000

Another good remake was the latest one of INVASON OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, not the 70s on with Leonard Nimoy (though that one is great), the one from the 90s where they show the transformations taking place in gory detail. I belive it was called just BODY SNATCHERS.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:59:11 +0000

Vern, you may have a point on the “projectionist death” thing, HOWEVER:

- In “Scream 2″, the projectionist skips out of work and lets his best friend cover for him in order to hang out with his girlfriend and series heroine Sydney Prescott. (As a direct result of this he ends up being tied to a cross and force-fed alcohol by a gaggle of drunken frat-boys.) Given who his girlfriend is, it’s not too difficult to surmise that he’s either the killer or he’s got a bigger target on his back than the Duck Hunt dog. Either way, he’s toast, but one might say it’s more a result of him NOT doing his job than otherwise.

- In “Urban Legend: Final Cut”, the projectionist is one of the few characters who doesn’t die. Aside from both films being “about” movies (and I mean that in the loosest possible way in both cases), the one thing they both have in common is that Rebecca Gayheart gets a cameo appearance. So you might say that the rule holds true just as long as Rebecca Gayheart plays no part in the action.

PS – in the original “Urban Legend”, there’s no film studio, but there is a radio show. I guess the nearest thing to the “projectionist” is Tara Reid’s tech girl, who survives. (Tara Reid herself ends up getting chopped into very small pieces.) Once again, Rebecca Gayheart plays a role in the film. Damn, I think I may have discovered a new trend!

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:24:55 +0000

I’d remembered seeing this one as a kid. Thanks for pointing it out because I had a lot of fun going back and rewatching it. Paul McCrane. I knew that guy looked familiar. lol. This shit is worth owning.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:50 +0000

I do not agree with anybodies assessment that the original is better than the 88 Blob. This one was more fleshed out and interesting than the original.

I loved the Blob so much I had an idea for the sequal. It was around the time of the Waco incident. That crazy preacher guy is just like David Koresh and the government is trying to take him down. Anyway, the Blob gets loose and things happen. But it would have been a nice allegory to that situation at the time. I’m also sure they can make a statement on the current war if they were to make one now.

By: Jot

Jot — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:49:55 +0000

Gotta agree with the ‘From Beyond’ comments, one of the better 80’s horrors, criminally overlooked these days