I have silly, but really potent, fear of The Blob, I really do. I was exposed to the original at a very young age and it did some major damage. It's a monster that just eats you up and there's nothing left of you. That hit a nerve. Now, Chuck Russell's '88 remake did considerable damage to me as well. I still have trouble with that one. So I will admit to you that “Beware the Blob!” aka, “Son of the Blob”, managed to unnerve me when I was 7. This is why I happily plunked down $29.99 for this DVD when it first came out (you can probably find it in the bargain bin for a $1.75 these days). Obviously, it doesn't have that sort of punch anymore. It is a really fun piece of crap movie though.

It's directed by TV's Larry Hagman and it stars a bunch of 70's tv stars include Dick Van Patton, Burgess Meredith, Cindy Williams, Gerritt Graham, and more, the cast list is ridiculous. Godfrey Chambers, a geologist, unwittingly brings home a frozen piece of the Blob which is wife allows to thaw. The damn thing eats his cat, his wife, and Godfrey himself before heading off to town. The blob effects in this film are really very funny, mostly slime shot in reverse. It's off-screen for most of the film while Robert Walker and Carol Lynley (The Poseidon Adventure) play the Steve McQueen/Aneta Corsaut part and try to convince the authorities. Before you can say “there's always room for Jello” the blob attacks a bowling alley, and finally an ice rink (silly blob). Like most of the terrible movies I review, I obviously have a soft, gooey, jiggly spot for this movie. It's cheesy—but not nearly as cheesy as its 1984 theatrical re-release (you read correctly) tagline: “The Movie That J.R. Shot”--Mike C.
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