Creeping, Leaking and Gliding :: A 10-Vid-Cap Review or Less of The Blob (1958)

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"Dad, it wasn't vandalism! Doc Hallen is dead x
and he was killed by some kind of a monster!"

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One of the coolest things about The Criterion Collection's release of The Blob is when you realize, finally seeing it cleaned up and in the proper aspect ratio, how many damn'd money-shots we'd been missing on those old, washed-out and cropped VHS tapes ... Doc Hallen disintegrating before our eyes, the Blob slowly creeping toward the unsuspecting auto-mechanic, or the projectionist getting slimed, to name but a few. And, my gawd, do the restored colors just pop off this thing.

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boils and
Ghouls ... Burt Bacharach and the 5 Blobs:

Video courtesy of Bubbazametti.

Other Points of Interest:

Poster campaign for The Blob at the Archive.

Newspaper ads for The Blob at the Morgue.

The Blob (1958) Fairview Productions :: Tonylyn Productions Inc. :: Paramount Pictures / P: Jack H. Harris / AP: Russell S. Doughten / D: Irvin S. Yeaworth / W: Theodore Simonson, Kate Phillips / C: Thomas Spalding / E: Alfred Hillmann / S: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, John Benson

Favorites :: Fractured Flickers : Doc Hallen Gets Devoured : The Blob (1958).

Returning to Doc Hallen's place to see if the old man he brought in earlier is OK, whose hand was being consumed by a mysterious mass of intergalactic snot, upon finding the house dark and locked-up, confused and concerned, young Steve Andrews gets the shock of his life when he decides to double-check the garage to see if Hallen's car is still there -- and then hears something scratching at the window, desperately trying to get out...

Making the Score
Intergalactic Snot-Ball: 3
Digestible Earthlings: 0