Product: The Blob (1988)
Rating: 5.0
Be Afraid
I thought maybe this was going to be another B-movie remake of a classic with lame affects since it was the eighties. I was extremely surprised to see how real everything looked. the special effects were incredible considering it was somewhat low-bugdet. The underrated actors played good rolls too, especially Shawnee Smith. Donovan Leitch, brief but efficient.When a strange, and mysterious comet suddenly crashes to earth in the outskirts of the small quiet town of Arborville, only four seemingly innocent people have witnessed the scene. When two of them suddenly disappear without a trace, and even more residents of aborville do too, the people who are left know something has to be wrong.Witnesses claim that the meteor that came to earth produced a strange gel substance that sticks to anything it touches. The blob like thing has also been seen devouring people by absorbing, and melting them. As the blob gets bigger, the population of the town gets smaller, and things get even stranger though. Before anyone even knows what's going on, a shadowy organazation group made up of scientists has been investigating the site where the thing crashed. As the scientists grow even more interested, the Blob grows even bigger, and nothing in it's path will stop it.I have to say that all the versions of the blob had pretty good special effects for their time. The first was good for thrills, the sequel to the first was good for laughs, and the last one was made for extreme gross outs, and scares. Just make sure no one under the age of 11 sees this version. I saw this when I was merely ten because of the fact that I had seen the original and was interested in the remake. There's a scene where the underrated Donovan Leitch gets devoured by the blob (a very subtle image of it on the front cover compared to what really happened in the movie) and it devistated me for life.As a result, I only saw it one other time, and that was when I was eleven. Not much a difference in the scares, but for about a year, I had to sleep with a blanket over my head to make sure the blob wasn't going to ooze out on top of me. I'm 14 now, but I'm not really sure I want to take the risk of seeing it again. Those nightmares can be pretty scary. The movies still very vivid to me anyway. Make sure to sleep with your fire extinguisher after watching this movie. You'll need it.