The blob is a 1988 american science fiction horror film cowritten and directed by chuck russell, and a remake of the 1958 film of the same name. The surviving humans retreat to the town hall and hold the blob at bay with furniturebarricades and fire extinguishers, but it is a losing battle, as a result with the blob. The blob 1988 the blob wiki fandom powered by wikia. The credits at the end of the movie are pink colored to match the monsters color.
Review the blob 1988, truly one of the best and most underrated self. One thing this movie had was a cast of minor, but in several cases, likable characters. Dead heat 1988 film dead ringers film death by dialogue. Lance, chainsaw in killed, chainsaw killer, yes, movie. Harris, directed by irvin yeaworth, and written by kay linaker and theodore simonson. The filmmakers behind this 1988 remake of the blob understand how ridiculous a giant gelatinous killer really is. The film stars steve mcqueen in his starring feature film debut, as steven mcqueen and aneta corsaut and costars earl rowe and.
Deputy kelly davis eaten by blob blob froze to death the blob 1988 edit. The most outrageous death in the entire film has to be the death of george, the cook at frans diner. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government agents try to cover up the evidence and confine the creature. After the phenomenal boxoffice and critical success of david cronenbergs 1986 remake of the fly, a series of bigbudget remakes of 50s horror favorites rode in on its coattails in the late. The film wisely plays each death scene like a sick joke that is still kind of scary. With shawnee smith, kevin dillon, donovan leitch jr. With vampires after spending the past few weeks discussing chuck russells 1988 remake of the blob, the muchmaligned 10th installment in the friday the th franchise and the punkbutnotreally slasher film the ranger, were heading to new york to discuss richard wenks 1986 comedy horror film vamp. Devoured offscreen by the blob after it surrounds the telephone booth shes in. List of deaths in the blob horror film wiki fandom. Unlike the original, you get to see people dissolve when the blob engulfs them. An alien slime monster attacks and devours people, growing larger with each victim. The blob is a 1988 american sciencefiction horror film written and directed by chuck russell, cowritten with frank darabont, and starring shawnee smith, kevin dillon, donovan leitch, jeffrey demunn, candy clark and joe seneca. Broken in halfdevoured by the blob after it pulls him through a bookshelf as michael kenworthy looks on in shock, before his mother covers his face. It stars shawnee smith, kevin dillon, donovan leitch, joe seneca, and del close.
The effects are better, the deaths are gorier, but ultimately the film lacks the. The sequel and the remake share an actor in del close, who plays the reverend meeker in the 1988 film, and had a small role as hobo wearing eyepatch in the 1972 film. It still scares the living sht outta me to this day and the twists that this film takes that differ from the original make it all the more terrifying and oddly enoughplausible. The projectionist is glued stuck on the ceiling, halfdigested and screaming for help through a gargle of pained sounds. The projectionists death and how his body is found. The films opening credits are spent showing him winning a football game with meg cheering him on. As the blob stays on him, we see his skin start liquefying and melting off and blood and goo start coming out of his disintegrating body. As the axe goes into his wrist, blood spurts from the wound and the blob engulfs his arm even more. The blob ate his lower half and left his upper half on the table. Mistress of the dark film faceless film fair game 1988 film friday the th part vii. The film stars steve mcqueen in his starring feature film debut, as steven mcqueen and aneta corsaut and costars earl rowe and olin howland. The blob is not evil and it is not on some revenge mission. Paul taylor eaten by the blob and when meg tried to save him, she instead pulled his arm off, leaving the blob to melt him away.
Building off the solid foundation of the 1958 original the blob 1988 is a howto guide of doing a remake right. An older man is attacked by a mysterious blob in the woods. The blob 1988 clip from 1980s horror documentary in. Burned to death when a supernatural force causes a fire in her car. Not only is that an overused concept horror and science fiction films anyway, it robs the blob of its. The sequel and the remake share an actor in del close, who plays the reverend meeker in the 1988 film, and. Accidentally run over and splattered by kurtwood smith, after paul is doused in toxic waste while trying to run down peter weller. It was a time when horror reigned supreme, when slasher icons stabbed their way through cinemas, when practical effects oozed from the pores of mindbending creations that had to be seen on the big screen to be believed. Thanks to dick hertz and tracy the blob 1988 fran hewitt. The blob 1988 shares largely the same plot as the original, released 30 years earlier. When suctioning the drain with a small toilet plunger didnt work, george stuck his left hand deep down into the drains piping. It is grotesquely imaginative in its practical effects, thrilling, and a tense yet comical remake that has. The blob 1988, truly one of the best and most underrated.
I rather liked both the waitress and the sheriff in this film. A waitress barricades herself inside a phone booth, while. A deadly entity from space crashes near a small town and starts to consume anyone in its path. I never liked the fact that the blob is revealed in this film to be a biological weapon gone wrong. The blob 1988 clip from 1980s horror documentary in search. Why the blob 1988 is one of the best horror remakes ever.
The 1988 remake of the blob is a close to perfect pastiche of pulpy 50s scifi given an 80s spit and polish read everyone has mullets and the monster is an aids metaphor. It was hip, dark and haunting all at the same time. For this writer, its one of the coolest horror movie death scenes ever conceived. Chuck russell directs from a script cowritten by frank darabont, and the blob embraces its bmovie mentality like a longlost lover returned. The blob1989 gets a 4 12 out of 5 shroud rating from me. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. The blob 1988 in this remake of the original 1958 film with steve mcqueen, george ruit clayton landey, a diner kitchen workerhandyman, attempted to unclog a sink drain.
Hallen eaten by blob, mechanic eaten by blob, projectionist eaten by blob, movie patron eaten by blob, movie patron eaten by blob, movie patron eaten by blob, movie patron eaten by blob, movie patron eaten. The blob night of the creeps the return of the living dead from beyond. The practical effects and daring storyline of the blob remake are featured in this latest clip from the upcoming 80s horror documentary in search of darkness. In the blob 1988 the carnage is lovingly played out in excruciating. It is an alien entity that grows bigger by digesting humans and any living thing in its path. In 1958, showing graphic, onscreen death was a nono unless it was of the bloodless variety, i. Not that the other deaths by the blob werent horrific, but the later victims at least died quickly. He is 10 years old and best friends alongside kevin penny. Penned by frank darabont developer of the not dissimilar the walking dead, the blob features jeffrey demunn dale from the walking dead. A bounty hunter, he is shot alongside anthony caruso and robert sorrells by richard jaeckel and buck taylor when they are fooled into thinking richard is unarmed and being handed over to them. It stars kevin dillon, shawnee smith, donovan leitch, jeffrey demunn, candy clark and joe seneca. Near the climax of the film, one of the blob s collateral victims is left discarded, limbs melting off but still alive, weakly pleading for help. The list consists the deaths occurred in the blob franchise. Despite this transfer now being about 5 years old, the film still looks excellent.
Panic ensues, as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature. Dave says that while the creature is not dead, at least it has been stopped. The blob catches him from inside a vent and when his coworker finds him. Directed by chuck russell, improved special effects allowed for far gorier deaths than the original. Edward eddie breckner is a character in the movie the blob. Its so good, and at times subversive that you forget that its basically a cronenbergcarpenter knockoff. A woman runs in and sees his deformed body squirming in pain. The blob 1988 is an 80s action horror classic remake from steve mcqueen version 1958 film. May, 2015 in 1958, showing graphic, onscreen death was a nono unless it was of the bloodless variety, i.
The blob attacks his hand and he tries to chop his hand off with the blob attached with an axe. The blob s first victim, the homeless man, is credited as can man, a reference to the stand character trash can man. Robert hammond in the blob 1988 charlene fox in the blob 1988 pons. The blob is a red, gelatinous, monstrous organism and the titular main antagonist from the 1958 horror film of the same name, and its 1988 remake. Deep space film destroyer 1988 film the discarnates. This film is a remake of the 1958 film the blob, which starred steve mcqueen. The film really took care of its rather absurd and simple premise as it was reasonably taken into a whole nother level as the blob really does not hold back at all when it comes to the incredible special effects of both the blob creature and the wild killings the titular organism inevitably does. The films title depicts an amorphous acidic amoebalike organism that devours and dissolves anything in its path as it grows, where it begins to feed on the residents. Bones crack, heads explode and blood gushes in this nasty little remake. The blob 1958 old man melted by blob, nurse kate eaten by blob, dr.
Considering the fate of the people who were consumed by the blob, he was one of the lucky ones since he died before the blob could get to him. Comments are turned off autoplay when autoplay is enabled. If you enjoyed this death scene of paul from the 1988 remake of the blob please leave a comment down below and hit that like button and. I have just modified one external link on the blob 1988 film. The surviving humans retreat to the town hall and hold the blob at bay with furniturebarricades and fire extinguishers, but it is a losing battle, as a result with the blob engulfing half of the building and devouring briggs. Near the climax of the film, one of the blobs collateral. Click an image to view bluray screenshot with 1080p resolution. In other words, it was the blob for the 1980s generation. They both go to the cinema the night the blob came to see a slasher movie by smuggling themselves in with the help of eddies older brother who works there. Remake of the 1958 horror scifi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. The blob cant replicate the bmovie charms of the original, though its fast pace. Trash can man was randall flaggs most devoted follower. The plot follows an acidic, amoebalike organism that crashes down to earth from a meteorite, which devours and.
A small californian town is visited by a roving, seemingly intelligent gooey blob that consumes everything in. I was 10 years old and a kid when i saw the first time this film and i absolutely loved. The blob comes from a small meteorite that falls on earth. The film s title depicts an amorphous acidic amoebalike organism that devours and dissolves anything in its path as it grows, where it begins to feed on the residents. One remake that managed to live up to its cheesy inspiration was chuck russells. The old mans death is more horrific than simply being absorbed completely. It is grotesquely imaginative in its practical effects. The blob cannot be killed, only be stopped, which can only be done by freezing it. I was 10 years old and a kid when i saw the first time this film and i absolutely loved it. The opening sequence features two parallel scenes of our apparent protagonists. Apr 30, 2018 the blob 1988 shares largely the same plot as the original, released 30 years earlier.
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