In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
Practical Effects
The blob effects still outgross most modern CGI garbage.
Direction
Chuck Russell keeps 95 minutes tight, nasty, and surprisingly smart.
Writing
Frank Darabont's script actually bothers with character arcs. Wild.
Director
Chuck Russell
Kevin Dillon
Brian Flagg
Shawnee Smith
Meg Penny
Donovan Leitch
Paul Taylor
Jeffrey DeMunn
Sheriff Herb Geller
Candy Clark
Fran Hewitt
Joe Seneca
Dr. Meddows
Del Close
Reverend Meeker
Paul McCrane
Deputy Bill Briggs
Sharon Spelman
Mrs. Penny
Beau Billingslea
Moss Woolsey
Art LaFleur
Pharmacist / Mr. Penny
Ricky Paull Goldin
Scott Jeskey
Billy Beck
The Can Man
Michael Kenworthy
Kevin Penny
Douglas Emerson
Eddie Beckner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The blob was mostly methocel, a food thickener, dyed with food coloring. Multiple sets were built twice — once normal, once with everything coated in pink slime.
This remake completely inverts the 1958 original's Cold War optimism, turning the military from saviors into the real monsters. Reagan-era paranoia never looked stickier.
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