

The Blob
It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!
A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $110K
- Box office
- $4M
- Language
- English
- small town
- monster
- halloween
- film in film
- blob
- meteorite
- town in panic
- missing person
- nostalgic
- good cop bad cop
- space monster
- fire extinguisher
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Produced in
United States of America
Where to watch
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical10 Sept 1958
- TheatricalRe-release1 Jan 1964
- PremiereInternational Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival25 Oct 2008
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1 Apr 1959
- Physical15VHS19 Dec 1989
- Physical12DVD12 Jul 2004
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalDVD11 Oct 2005
CanadaCA
- PhysicalDVD30 Jan 2001
BrazilBR
- Theatrical17 Oct 1958
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP1 Apr 1960
- TheatricalTPRe-release13 Apr 1977
- PhysicalDVD17 Nov 2005
- PhysicalBD23 Oct 2018
- Digital / OTT24 Dec 2019
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany18 Mar 1960
IrelandIE
- Theatrical10 Jul 1959
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT31 Jul 1959
PortugalPT
- TheatricalLisbon29 Sept 1959
- TheatricalLisbon (Re-release)1 Sept 1977
- TheatricalPorto (Re-release)7 Mar 1978
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1125 Jan 1960
- PremiereGöteborg Film Festival1 Feb 1991
Frequently asked questions
The Blob was released on 10 September 1958.
Audience reviews
2- W8/10
Wuchak
10/23/2021
_**A weird hungry red glob from outer space!**_ Some teens (Steve McQueen & Aneta Corsaut) witness a strange Jell-O-like substance horrifically assault some people in a Pennsylvania town, but the police have a hard time believing their story. Despite its datedness, “The Blob” (1958) is worth checking out as a window into small town America in 1957 (when it was shot) plus the fact that it was Steve McQuee…
- T8/10
tmdb93836550
10/29/2024
The campy theme over the strange title sequence may make you think it will be a very campy horror film that doesn't take itself seriously, you would be half right, but you'd also be half wrong. It is campy, but it takes its self seriously most of the time. Everytime I watch it it gets a few laughs and giggles out of me, I've been watching it since I was five and I recently watched it for the 7th time. I would g…
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