The Blob 1958 Ages 12+
When
2.40 pm, Sat 18 May 2019 (86 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
"A cult classic of gooey greatness, The Blob follows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen playing the rebel teen who tries to warn the residents about the jellylike invader. Strong performances and ingenious special effects help The Blob transcend the schlock sci-fi and youth delinquency genres from which it originates. Made outside of Hollywood by a maverick film distributor and a crew whose credits mostly comprised religious and educational shorts, The Blob helped launch the careers of McQueen and composer Burt Bacharach, whose bouncy title song is just one of this film’s many unexpected pleasures." Criterion
Ages 12+
Production Credits
- Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
- Script: Kate Philips From an Original Idea by Irvine H. Milgate, Theodore Simonson
- Producer: Jack H. Harris
- Cinematographer: Thomas Spalding
- Cast: Olin Howlin
- Editor: Alfred Hillman
- Art Directors: William Jersey, Karl Karlson
- Music: Ralph Carmichael
- Screening Format: Digital, 35mm
- Year: 1958
- Runtime: 86 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: Colour