The Blob
1958
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Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Steve McQueen
Original language
English
First release
September 10, 1958
Production companies
Paramount Pictures
Home video distributors
Video Gems (United States), Video Warehouse (United States), Goodtimes Home Video (United States), HGV Video Productions (Canada)
Setting
Pennsylvania
Trailer
Stills
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Titles
| Original title | The Blob | |
| Alternate title | Le Fluide mortel | |
| Alternate title | Blob, terreur sans nom | |
| Alternate title | Danger planétaire | |
| Alternate title | The Glob | |
| Alternate title | The Glob That Girdled the Globe | |
| Alternate title | The Meteorite Monster | |
| Alternate title | The Molten Meteorite | |
| Alternate title | The Night of the Creeping Dead |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Video Gems (cat. no. 3025 (A)) | 1981, United States, clamshell |
| VHS | Video Gems (cat. no. VG 3025) | 1985, United States, big box |
| VHS | Video Warehouse (cat. no. 84) | 1985, United States, slipcase |
| VHS | Goodtimes Home Video (cat. no. 05-08576) | 1994, United States, slipcase |
| VHS | HGV Video Productions (cat. no. 0508576) | 1995, Canada, slipcase |
| VHS | Goodtimes Home Video (cat. no. 05-07433) | 2001, United States, clamshell |
| Betamax | Video Gems (cat. no. 3025 (B)) | 1981, United States, clamshell |
Versions & editions
| Home video Betamax | United States | 1981 3025 (B) |
| Home video VHS | United States | 1981 3025 (A) |
| Home video VHS | United States | 1985 84 |
| Home video VHS | United States | 1985 VG 3025 |
| Home video VHS | United States | 1994 05-08576 |
| Home video VHS | Canada | 1995 0508576 |
| Home video VHS | United States | 2001 05-07433 |
Full credits
| Director | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. |
| Cast | Steve McQueen |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
