Quick Facts
DirectorIrvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Runtime1h 22m · NR
GenresHorror · Science-fiction
Release1958-09-10
Film
The Blob
1958· NR· 1h 22m· Horror· Science-fiction
“It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!”
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.
1958-09-10
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Key Crew
DirectorIrvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
ScreenplayKay Linaker
ProducerJack H. Harris
Director of PhotographyThomas E. Spalding
Original Music ComposerRalph Carmichael
EditorAlfred Hillmann
Full cast & crew (29 cast · 24 crew)
Details
Released1958-09-10
Runtime1h 22m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosTonylyn Productions Inc. · Valley Forge Films · Fairview Productions
Budget$110,000
Box office$4M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.2/10 · 669 votes
Original languageen
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