As a kid, my Mom always said to me the movie that scared her the most when she was a kid was THE BLOB. She knew it was a stupid fear, but she was terrified nonetheless. Later I had a teacher in the 6th grade who would show us clips from old horror movies throughout history like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and the works of Vincent Price. One of the films included in this VHS compilation he had was THE BLOB. I also caught a little of the 1980s version on cable back in high school. I had only ever seen clips of this one and was surprised to see that it was in color. It’s campy like most of the '50s B-movies and there is a lot of padding. I’d like less filler with the people and more of Blob doing its thing. They did a great job on the effects for the era, but I can’t get over the fact that Steve McQueen is playing a teenager when he is basically 30.
