The Blob (1958)

Director:

Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

Writers:

Theodore Simonson (screenplay) and
Kay Linaker (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 September 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Beware of the Blob! It creeps, and leaps, and glides and slides across the floor.

Plot:

An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.

Plot Keywords:

Blob | Doctor | Alien | Meteorite | Police

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Steve McQueen	...	Steve Andrews (as Steven McQueen)
Aneta Corsaut	...	Jane Martin
Earl Rowe	...	Lt. Dave
Olin Howland	...	Old Man (as Olin Howlin)
Alden 'Stephen' Chase	...	Dr. T. Hallen (as Steven Chase)
John Benson	...	Sgt. Jim Bert
George Karas	...	Officer Ritchie
Lee Payton	...	Kate the Nurse
Elbert Smith	...	Henry Martin
Hugh Graham	...	Mr. Andrews
Vincent Barbi	...	George - Cafe Owner (as Vince Barbi)
Audrey Metcalf	...	Elizabeth Martin
Jasper Deeter	...	Civil Defense Volunteer
Tom Ogden
Elinor Hammer	...	Mrs. Porter

Also Known As:

The Glob (USA) (working title)
The Glob That Girdled the Globe (USA) (working title)
The Meteorite Monster (USA) (working title)
The Molten Meteorite (USA) (working title)
The Night of the Creeping Dead (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

86 min | USA:82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | UK:12 (re-rating) | Italy:T | Australia:M (alternate rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Canada:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Fairview Productions

Trivia:

The popular title song that was used over the opening credits was credited to "The Five Blobs". There was only one Blob, studio singer Bernie Knee, who did all the vocal tracks.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: While Steve is talking to Jane after they have snuck out, the smoke from a crew member's cigarette can briefly be seen rising behind him.

Quotes:

Sgt. Jim Bert: [comes out of the market where Steve told everyone the Blob was] There's nobody in here but us monsters...
Steve Andrews: [a screaming crowd comes running around the corner] Dave! It's at the theater!
Lieutenant Dave: [runs into the theater with a shotgun, after firing 3 shots, retreats as Jim prepares to go in] Don't go in Jim! This won't do any good! It's the most horrible thing I've ever seen in my life. Come on, we've got to clear this area!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

THE BLOB

Temporary Appoplexy from the Blob

I was sitting in the Towne Theatre in Fargo ND in '58 with 8 or 9 fellow 6th graders & my knuckles were getting tighter and whiter by the minute...at the exact moment the Blob started oozing into the diner window I suddenly remembered I had a dentist appointment which I made sure each of my pals knew as I clambered down the row toward the aisle...I'll never know how many others remembered theirs after I left but this movie was a B corker (I saw it later ..ie when I had by then grown a beard)..Creature With the Atom Brain 1955 also cleared me out of the theater immediately when the young soldier 1st encountered the zombie in the 1st scene in the sewer when you were shown the silhouette of the zombie cracking the unfortunates back like a chicken bone...I managed to sit still for the river of flesh eating ants in Green Mansions in 1959...all seems tame now compared to I-44 in St. Louis now..happy 2007 everyone