SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

tdrish That's on the bright side. On the flip side, this is a downright brutal, gory, and horrific version of Beware The Blob. Trust me, they did not puss out on the violence here, it's pretty graphic, and disturbing in my opinion. The first kills are pretty amazing, even for its time, but as the film progresses, and The Blob takes over more and more territory of the town, the kills get a little silly, but it is still a very grim version of the 50's version. Overall, a fantastic attempt from Chuck Russell, but for me, it went its own way from the original. It's not neccesarily a bad thing, but the reviews are for sure going to be mixed on this one. Some will say that the film was quite good, some will say that it was just flat out horrible. Since there's a very small percentage that will remain neutral in their feelings toward the movie, I feel it rides the fence, and I am giving it 5 out of 10 stars. Myself, I did not think the movie was that bad. It does a great job of capturing the horror atmosphere. For an example, there is a scene when the blob is seen climbing up through a mans protective gear suit, and you can see him screaming as the blob presses up against the helmets glass, knowing he can't get out or away from the blob, I mean, even if he runs away, he'll just be taking the blob with him. See what I mean? Horrific atmosphere, and its like that for at least twenty minutes of the film. Just a side note, this movie bombed, BIG TIME. If they ever decide to remake it, I think they should go back to the 50's style, and aim for a PG13 rating. I know what they were thinking....put an R rating on it, and people will want to see it. Guess what, boys and girls....they didn't

beetle-259-554148 This movie is a very well-done remake of the classic Blob movie from 30 years before. Although there are no actors as charismatic as Steve McQueen, there are several characters you become attached to and you hope that they live, but they don't. The first character to die that you come to like is Paul who unfortunately meets his end in the hospital, being digested alive by the Blob. Next is Paul's friend who was planning to have sex with his date while she was unconscious. Fran is killed by the Blob in a phone booth but not before showing her the half-digested remains of Sheriff Herb Geller who was going to save her. The suspense of the Blob surrounding the phone booth had me on edge.The main scientist, Meddows, at first seems nice but it's son revealed that's he the main human villain, trapping Brian and Megg and one of his own men in the sewers to be devoured by the Blob, parking a van so one of it's tires covers the manhole. The scientist who was trapped with them has a rocket launcher, which blows up not only the manhole cover but also the van! Meddows gets his when his is killed and digested by the Blob.In this movie, no characters are safe. The people you think are going to live are killed with the exception of Brain and Meg. Hell, even a young child is dragged underwater by the Blob. Upon jumping in to try and save the kid, Meg is greeted by the kid's half digested body which is screaming in pain.Some characters that you think are going to die (like Reverend Meeker) actually survive, though Meeker has burn scars by the end.The Blob is revealed to not be an alien this time, but a government weapon project. At first, I felt that this was a stupid change but the movie was able to run with it.At the very end, Meeker, who has now lost his mind, shows the small living Blob he has trapped in a jar and says it is the apocalypse and he will release it when God gives him a sign. It's a chilling ending that thankfully didn't result in a sequel.One last thing, there are several editing gags in the film. The first, Brian is preparing to do a stunt jump with his motorbike. The movie cuts to the crowd at the local football game chanting "GO" repeatedly. The second, there's a shot of the blob slurping up the can man's arm which cuts to a kid slurping Jell-O off his plate.Overall, this is a great remake when compared to the original. It's well-written and very suspenseful and tense in some places. It does a good job at building up characters who you think will live before killing them off and the gore is top notch, even scary. If you're looking for a good '80s horror/monster movie, check out The Blob from 1988.

Leofwine_draca Remakes of classic films are usually terrible (especially with the likes of PSYCHO and GODZILLA), but a handful of them are actually rather good, and in some cases improve on the original, which was the case with Cronenberg's remake of THE FLY. THE BLOB happily falls into the latter category, being a adrenaline-pumping tale which mixes horror elements, science fiction moments and has the speed and energy of an action film. While the 1950s original classic starring Steve McQueen was a good, original, monster movie with some frightening moments, it was somewhat lacking in the special effects department, and what effects there were just weren't enough to do it justice. This is where the 1988 remake of THE BLOB comes in.The special effects are spectacular and especially gruesome this time around. In the scenes where a large-scale Blob is attacking people, back projection is obviously being used just like it was in THE STUFF, but this does not detract from the entertainment value. There is a high death rate in the film, and lots of spectacular and bloody deaths mostly involving people melting and being enveloped in the Blob's tentacles, and it's pleasing to see that the effects are not at all CGI-generated, like the similarly slimy tentacles were in DEEP RISING.To move the film along, there are a lot of chase scenes, on motorcycles, in sewers, in the streets, everywhere really. These make the film feel a lot like a roller-coaster ride, and that's exactly what it is. The acting is good all-round, from Shawnee Smith as the tough heroine to Kevin Dillon as the outsider who turns out to be a good guy, with support from a creepy Reverend. All of the actors put in over the top performances in terms of emoting, which is amusing, and they thankfully don't take themselves too seriously. THE BLOB sticks (no pun intended), in terms of plot, to the '50s original, but fleshes out the story a lot (even adding in an up-to-date government conspiracy angle), and generally feels to be a bigger, more packed film. Not a minute goes by without something exciting happening. If you're looking for solid escapist entertainment, then THE BLOB is for you.

tcbdeo Nothing on screen in The Blob is ever independent: it always relates to some other part of the film. The best example is of the priest who is judgmental of others. Particular attention is paid to him walking home and dropping his bottle of alcohol, a show of him being hypocritical. He is shown, early on, the take a sample of the crystal blob. At The Blob's end, the priest has embraced his evil nature, taking advantage of the weak-minded through religion and at the same time holding the key to the apocalypse. The Blob's ending, then, is provided for: not some curve ball out of nowhere intended to shock the viewer. There is even another subtle detail. The priest is one of the first characters shown in the film, standing in the bleachers of the football game.The method of defeating the blob is introduced in the first few minutes of the film: the snow machine. Deaths are even hinted at through dialogue before they occur: Flagg asks if he is a 'broken man' to Deputy Briggs; forty minutes later, Briggs is broken in half. Nothing in The Blob goes to waste.Why is The Blob's rating only 6.3? Because people don't pay attention to good writing. The rating is only that high because people cannot ignore the film's groundbreaking special effects (which have yet to be outdone, twenty years later).Give The Blob another chance, preferably with the subtitles on! You will be pleasantly surprised at just how good it really is! And lament! For the up and coming remake is bound to be half-assedly written and the digi-blob will look like stiff puke.