In 1958, director Irvin Yeaworth and writers Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson unleashed “The Blob” upon the world.
In it, a mysterious, gelatinous, corrosive, amoeboidal material seeps out of a meteorite that has crash landed onto earth.
The unknown sludge slowly begins to consume everything in its path, growing stronger and larger with each envelopment.
“The Blob” terrorizes small Pennsylvania towns as it grows more aggressive with its hunger, and grows monumental in size.”The Blob” was terrifying due to its unstoppable nature, and unlike most horror movies of the time period, “The Blob” is not destroyed at the end of the film.
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