MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

robfla-38664 One of the first horror movies I ever watched. I still that Saturday afternoon sitting on the living room floor with my brother and sisters. This film scared me so much it's still difficult to watch it today and I'm 55. In my top 10.

frankwiener I was alive and even somewhat conscious in 1958, and I don't anyone questioning whether the Artic would stay cold as they do today. Can we then claim that this B horror classic was very far ahead of it time?Based on many of these negative reviews, some of you young whippersnappers need to lighten up a bit. You seem to take life and B horror films from the 1950's far too seriously. This film should be rated much better than 6.4 for its sheer entertainment value and for its "cool as a cucumber" star Steve McQueen, who appears as his first lead in a full length Hollywood movie. Without McQueen's charismatic presence, would the film have been as successful and as watchable? I doubt it. Overall, the dialogue is weak and often even laughable, but I liked it anyway and would gladly see it again.The irony of the movie theatre audience watching a B-horror film while being threatened by a very real monster should escape no one. Was it my imagination or did the thing turn red from the blood of its victims? That adds to its yuck factor.Beyond the creepy creature at the center of the horror, I also enjoyed the sub-themes of a younger generation struggling to achieve credibility with the folks in power, especially when the lives of the townspeople depend upon it. I also liked the other sub-theme of the frustration of a police department striving to establish respectability and authority among the people it has been hired to protect. After 60 years, I find both of these themes universal and very relevant to today's world.Has anyone figured out how the cute little doggy managed to escape from the locked supermarket before Steve and Jane made it out? Anyway, I sure hope that it found a good home. Poor little doggy alone in a highly unpredictable world. Who knows what will come out of the sky next?

SnoopyStyle In rural Pennsylvania, teenagers Steve Andrews (Steve McQueen) and Jane Martin are parked in his car when a meteorite crashes over the hill. A local hillbilly pokes at it with a stick and goo grabs onto his hand. The teens find the suffering old man and bring him to doctor Hallen in town. It's the start as the blob consumes its victims and grows ever larger.This movie has two things going for it. It's got a good B-horror premise that is executed pretty well. It's also got a young McQueen early in his career. The writing can be clunky and the acting can be uneven. The boy is no picnic. The part I most appreciate is McQueen's self-doubt after the initial police station scene. I also appreciate that the adults are mostly reasonable with that one exception. Even that cop is reasonable in his fiery angriness. The Blob effects are not the most advanced but it does have great camp value. It's notable that the kids are the ones with the truth and the adults are reluctant to believe them. The theater stampede is the big iconic scene and the movie drags on a bit after that. This is a classic although not a classic for the critics.

utgard14 Sci-fi "classic" that holds some cheesy appeal but really isn't that good, in my opinion. It stars a young Steve McQueen (although not as young as the part he's playing) and Aneta Corsaut (Helen Crump herself) as two teenagers who try to warn people in their hick town about a red blob that came to Earth in a meteorite. The blob keeps eating people and growing in size. Bad stuff. Like I said, this has some cheesy camp value for many (dig that theme song) but it has never done much for me. I actually enjoy the 1988 remake more, which is saying something considering how much I loathe remakes on average. By the way, I've seen this a few times over the years and this print I saw on TCM is easily the best I've seen. The colors are crisp and the picture is cleaner than any of the other versions I've seen. There are a lot of cheap DVDs of this one out there and they have some pretty lousy picture quality. Watching crap is bad enough but watching it in crappy quality is the pits. Anyway, this is famous enough that I think any fan of older science fiction and horror films should see it at least once. It's got some Ed Wood but not quite Roger Corman upside to it.