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1958
The Blob is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. from a screenplay by Theodore Simonson and Kate Phillips, based on an idea by Irving H. Millgate. It stars Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut and co-stars Earl Rowe and Olin Howland.
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Fate can be capricious when it comes to the careers of Hollywood’s grandest stars. Steve McQueen, often hailed as the epitome of ‘cool’, owed his stardom to a film that is anything but ‘cool’ – the 1958 low-budget science fiction horror film, *The Blob*, directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. The plot unfolds in a small Pennsylvania town, where local teenager Steve Andrews (played by McQueen) and his girlfriend Jane Mart…More
I was a big fan of cheesy horror films in the late 80's and early 90's so it is a surprise to me that I never managed to see this one until yesterday. I will say this right out of the gate: This is NOT a good film . However, it does have all the elements of typical horror films from the 80's and that for me, was kind of a fun trip down memory lane. If you were alive in the 80's, you might end up feeling the same way…More
Source ""The Blob" is a 1958 science fiction/horror film directed by Irvin Yeaworth. "The story revolves around a small town that is terrorized by a gelatinous alien creature that consumes everything in its path. "The film stars Steve McQueen in one of his early roles as Steve Andrews, a teenager who becomes determined to stop the Blob from wreaking havoc on the town. "As the Blob grows in size and engulfs mo…More
