i have first watch this several year ago on a now defunct sicilian tv channel while amazingly and the film emerge a a heftily price dvd from criterion represent not be sure what i have make of it initially ( despite have attain cult status over the year and the achievement proper be clearly view with modesty even by genre buff ) and i opt not to make the purchase a i do with the similar and and to me and unfamiliar fiend without a face ( 1958 ) . recently and however and i manage to acquire the blob via a copy of the spanish dvd which and interestingly and port over the two audio commentary track from the criterion special edition but and regrettably and i could not switch off the spanish subtitle during playback of the main feature . anyway and look at the film anew and i be surprise by how much i enjoy it ( despite many a narrative flaw and which i will get to later ) a a pure example of b movie schlockiness ( atypically shoot in pleasant color ) and a time capsule illustrate late 1950s social attitude . the male lead be an early role for steve ( n ) mcqueen and and though the actor may have subsequently look at it with disdain and his sole contribution to the genre prove fairly engaging represent not averse to juvenile kick but still essentially a decent ( and and more importantly and altruistic ) kid . the special effect depict the slimy and expanding creature be not too bad of it kind and period while the film itself rise to a good climax begin with the monster invasion of a cinema ( show daughter of horror [ 1953/7 ] a i mention recently in that film review but be curiously screen flip and which sequence and incidentally and would be feature at the opening of a satirical italian program actually call blob . ) . a to the admittedly minor quibble i have with the film represent the monster be not show travel it just turn up at a variety of place and never be see by anyone . while there be a baffling over emphasis ( tantamount to pad ) on the kid scrape with police while it be silly to have the town doctor shoot at the blob a if fluid and whatever it proportion and can be destroy by bullet . while equally nonsensical be have the teenager alert the townsfolk of the danger by make door to door visit ( especially when consider that and at that stage and only mcqueen have actually see the monster in action ) . an inferior sequel emerge in 1972 call beware the blob . while the original be then remake in 1988 i watch this not too long ago but it seem not to have make a lasting impression on me ( though i know micheal elliott love it ) . for the record and i will be follow this view with two more collaboration between director yeaworth and producer jack h. harris and namely 4d man ( 1959 ) and dinosaurus . ( 1960 ) .