It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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...

Considering the age it looks pretty good. The dialogue was clear but everything else lacked dynamism. It is so serious and quite slow but still quite entertaining for an old movie. Nothing compared to the remake though. It's very memorable because of it's position in popular culture but not because of the film.

The Blob is seen by many as a fantastic, cheap, B-movie cult classic that's fun because it's campy. It features a young Steve McQueen in the leading role with an interesting blob of an alien attacking screaming and wailing extras throughout this poorly done mess. Campy can be fun and enjoyable for what it is. The Blob isn't. If you can enjoy props to you! I however, found this film not only bad but bad in a non-humorous way. The writing is terrible with every scene containing ridiculous and incoherent dialogue that feels unbelievable you thought a teenager wrote it. Disappointed to say the actors don't help save this cringeworthy dialogue. Instead, every line feels incredibly forced and unintelligent you're constantly being taken out of the movie to even enjoy the badness. The screenplay feels less of a coherent plot and more like a series of unrelated events with little flow from scene to scene. With inconsistent pacing, it's impossible to feel any real tension for characters who come across as textbook stereotypes of just about any group of person you can imagine. With everything just messy, the film's only saving grace is the concept of the blob itself. Yes it's not the best movie monster ever but the ideas behind what it is and where it comes from are enough to raise interest at the most. Some of the effects are actually executed in creative ways that made me say "Hmm. I kinda liked that."Unfortunately, the blob couldn't save The Blob. It's not a good horror movie or even a guilty pleasure. It's cheap, lazy, and honestly a little rough to watch from start to finish. This film might better suit a fun Halloween party as background noise where no one will absolutely watch it. Better to just skip this one.

This is no 6.4 that is just underrating it. It is the scariest movie made before 1988. The remake from 1988 is better. But still this is a great movie. It about space monster that comes it earth on a meteor. This is a very scary movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. And great special effects. This movie is a must see. It is a great movie. Steve McQeen was a great actor. See this movie. It is one of the best scenes fiction movie made before 1988. This is a great movie. Aneta Corsaut was great actresses. Earl Rowe was a great actor. This a very scary movie. Great move great movie great movie great movie great movie. See it. It is not a 6.4 it is a 10.