The Blob (1988)
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| Directed by | Chuck Russell |
| Produced by |
Jack H. Harris Elliott Kastner |
| Screenplay by | Chuck Russell Frank Darabont |
| Story by | Irving H. Millgate |
| Based on |
The Blob by Theodore Simonson Kay Linaker |
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| Music by |
Michael Hoenig J. Peter Robinson |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Tod Feuerman Terry Stokes |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19 million |
| Box office | $8.2 million |
The Blob is a 1988 science-fiction horror film written and directed by Chuck Russell, co-written with Frank Darabont, and starring Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark and Joe Seneca. The film's title depicts an amorphous acidic amoeba-like organism that eats and dissolves anything in its path as it grows, where it begins to feed on the residents of the fictional town of Arborville, California.
As a remake of the 1958 horror film of the same name, the film was theatrically released in 1988, but it was a box office flop, earning $8.2 million. Despite a mixed to positive reception, praise was heavily regarding the special-effects. Much like the original film, the remake has since gained a cult following and some consider the film to be one of the best remakes ever made.
A meteorite crashes near Arborville, California. An elderly transient discovers, within the sphere, a amoeba-like substance (the Blob) that attaches itself to his hand. Three high school students, Brian, Meg and Paul, take him to a hospital. After Brian leaves, Paul witnesses the lower half of the transient melting from exposure to the Blob. As he calls for help, the Blob drops on top of him and begins to devour him. While Meg tries to free him, his arm dissolves off, Meg is thrown against a wall and knocked unconscious, and the Blob oozes out of the hospital.
After Brian and Meg have unsatisfactory encounters with the police, they meet at a diner where Meg tells Brian about the Blob. Brian is initially skeptical of Meg's story, but is convinced otherwise when the diner's handyman, George, is pulled head first through the sink drain by the Blob. It pursues them to the diner's walk-in freezer, but the Blob suddenly retreats after entering the freezer. After consuming the diner's owner, Fran Hewitt, the Blob reenters the sewers. Reverend Jacob Meeker, after witnessing the Blob disappearing and investigating the dark and abandoned diner, discovers and collects frozen fragments of the Blob near the open freezer door. Meg and Brian return to the police station, where the dispatcher tells them Deputy Briggs is near the meteor-landing site. They discover a military operation led by a scientist, Dr. Meddows, who orders the town quarantined. Brian escapes a military van and collects his motorbike.
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