Aneta Corseaut hated making The Blob. It was 20 hour work days.
Posted on 07/10/2026 9:52:59 PM PDT by Beowulf9
In 1958, the world was introduced to an intergalactic horror movie about an alien gelatinous goo that consumes everything in its wake: The Blob. The '50s B-movie has gone down in history as a classic monster flick, that would later even spawn a gory remake in 1988. But, this terrifying UFO film isn't entirely fiction, and you may want to keep an eye on the sky after hearing the shocking true story that inspired The Blob.
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He also studied with the legendary Nadia Boulanger.
In #10 peak=peek
It’s this weekend.
With Helen Crump by his side.
Sounds like the ‘black oil’ in the X-Files was an homage to The Blob, or they just stole the idea outright.
“Whale meat.”
“Again?”
“Don’t know how, don’t know when.”
Steve McQueen was 28 in that flick. Played the role of a high schooler.
I learned some new movie trivia today, lol!
I watch it once a year or so - to me the most interesting part is how a 27 year old McQueen managed to play a HS teen.
Of course that was back in the days when old men were the ‘suave’ young lady magnets....
The Blob (1958) - Theme Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzHDvzGmmw0
I ate at the Downingtown diner back in the day.
Aneta Corseaut hated making The Blob. It was 20 hour work days.
Yes! But in ‘Beware! The Blob’ from 1972, Chester goes to the North Pole and brings back a piece and it eats half a California town.
The last I heard, it was trapped in an ice skating rink. Unfortunately, a news crew set a hot light too close to it and a bit of it ate the local sheriff.
The Blob scared me too but the Japanese spin-off that really freaked me out was the H-Man.
In some scenes, you can see Steve McQueen
with his hands behind his back and cigarette
smoke coming up behind him.
There was also a 1956 movie called X: The Unknown.
A, “Blob,” that grew due to radiation from an approaching comet.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049967/?ref_=fn_t_1
I forgot to mention, it’s one of those cheesy mid-1950s monster movies that probably never should have been made. MST 3000 might have enjoyed it though
Oh, those are my favorite movies to watch.
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