More akin to John Carpenter’s The Thing than the 1950s B-monster movies it was spawned from, The Blob features practical make-up effects and clever kills enough to make any horror fan giddy. Were people really that into The Blob? And if so… why?Īs it turns out, The Blob is jaw-drop cinema. But when Twilight Time announced that they would be upping their normal amount of limited edition copies from 3000 to 5000 specifically for their Blu-ray release of The Blob (1988), I took notice. I could go the rest of my life knowing that hundreds of giant monster movies from the 1950s exist, and get joy out of that knowledge, but never quite feel compelled to put them on the top of my viewing queue. You know, like Them!… about giant killer ants. The Blob, if I’m honest, always sounded like B-sci-fi. I don’t remember a time in my life where I wasn’t aware that there is an older film starring Steve McQueen called The Blob, or that there was a remake in the 1980s. I’ve never had an active disinterest in The Blob, per se, but I certainly never placed a high priority on seeing it. The Blob hit Blu-ray in a limited edition release from Twilight Time on Oct.
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