Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Steve(n) McQueen and Aneta Corsaut star as the young couple who encounter the titular absorber of human flesh. Of course, no one believes their story about the marauding monster, especially a particularly peevish cop. From the glorious opening song, to the trapped-in-the-diner finale, THE BLOB delivers pure, unmitigated entertainment! For a creature feature from the 1950's, this one exhibits a fairly gruesome creature (it dissolves its victims in itself, turning deep red in the process!), and a relatively high body count. My personal favorite piece of prodigious protoplasm...

This film needs no introduction to fans of classic horror/sci-fi, but known best of all for it's star, Steve McQueen. Sadly he was 28 when he made this, possibly one of the most unconvincing "teens" ever on screen. Also the Blob itself is pretty cheap looking. However these are just minor quibbles. Filmed in glorious colour this is a fun movie, but also does pack in some suspense, plus a few nods to the genre. Drive in and enjoy!

Sci-fi "classic" that holds some cheesy appeal but really isn't that good, in my opinion. It stars a young Steve McQueen (although not as young as the part he's playing) and Aneta Corsaut (Helen Crump herself) as two teenagers who try to warn people in their hick town about a red blob that came to Earth in a meteorite. The blob keeps eating people and growing in size. Bad stuff. Like I said, this has some cheesy camp value for many (dig that theme song) but it has never done much for me. I actually enjoy the 1988 remake more, which is saying something considering how much I loathe remakes on average. By the way, I've seen this a few times over the years and this print I saw on TCM is easily the best I've seen. The colors are crisp and the picture is cleaner than any of the other versions I've seen. There are a lot of cheap DVDs of this one out there and they have some pretty lousy picture quality. Watching crap is bad enough but watching it in crappy quality is the pits. Anyway, this is famous enough that I think any fan of older science fiction and horror films should see it at least once. It's got some Ed Wood but not quite Roger Corman upside to it.

OK, the special effects are crummy but everything else rates above average to excellent.Steve McQueen died young but he showed some extraordinary talent in this early B film where most young thespians find their one-and-only shot and usually fail miserably. McQueen showed off his charisma and skill and took this otherwise unremarkable piece of sci-fi fluff into cult category. He had the undefinable "It" factor that can carry a movie an order of magnitude higher than its face value.The movie, well, what can you say. It's a giant blob of Jello chasing - and often catching - fleeing, delinquent teenagers on a weekend night. Without McQueen, it would just another anonymous 1950s drive-in feature transiently crossing paths with an indifferent audience. But as it is, it thoroughly entertained my 2 young sons who saw it 30 years after it was made and continues to be one of my own favorite cinematic guilty pleasures.Definitely worth a look for anyone who has a free evening and a taste for novelty.NOTE: The fireman in one of the closing scenes who has one deadpan line ("It didn't work") bears a notable resemblance to Bill Murray.