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The Blob (1958)

The Blob (1958)

Science Fiction Horror

It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!

Release Date: 1958, September 10
Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Countries: United States of America
Production: Tonylyn Productions Inc., Tonylyn Productions Inc., Valley Forge Films, Valley Forge Films, Fairview Productions, Fairview Productions
Cast: Olin Howland, Steve McQueen, John Benson, Vincent Barbi, Aneta Corsaut, Pamela Curran, Robert Fields, Tom Ogden, Earl Rowe, George Karas, Stephen Chase, Elbert Smith

Overview:

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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