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Mood:
- RoughSuspensefulScary
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Plot:
- Dangerous AnimalDeadly CreatureEvil AlienRace Against TimeChaos and MayhemTechnology Gone AwryDangerDeadly more...
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Genres:
- HorrorThrillerSci-Fi
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Time/Period:
- 80s
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Place:
- Small Town
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Style:
- Gory
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Based on:
- Remake
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Attitudes:
- SeriousFantastic
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The Blob, 1988
English
USA
Profile of The Blob
The Blob can be described as scary, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around technology gone awry, evil aliens, and dangerous animals. The main genres are thriller, horror, and sci-fi. In terms of style, The Blob is gory. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. The Blob takes place in the 1980s. It is a remake. It is well suited for a boys' night.
Summary of The Blob
A strange gelatinous organism from space falls to Earth in the small American town of Arborville. The blob engulfs and eats dogs, then humans, then everything in sight as it grows larger and more harmful to the townspeople. The government gets involved, but are their motives in the best interest of the citizens? Hockey-haired rebel Brian (Kevin Dillon) and brave cheerleader Meg (Shawnee Smith) may be the only townspeople to uncover the secret to it all! The classic 1958 monster film gets a modern facelift in which the major difference is the grade of special effects on display. The plot remains essentially the same, with a dash of conspiracy and paranoia thrown in for good measure, but the blob--and the full-view digestion of its victims--is more frightening than ever.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 5 August 1988 |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
Cast and Crew
as Brian Flagg
as Meg Penny
as Sheriff Herb Geller
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