A cult classic of gooey greatness, The Blob follows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen playing the rebel teen who tries to warn the residents about the jellylike invader. Strong performances and ingenious special effects help The Blob transcend the schlock sci-fi and youth delinquency genres from which it originates. Made outside of Hollywood by a maverick film distributor and a crew whose credits mostly comprised religious and educational shorts, The Blob helped launch the careers of McQueen and composer Burt Bacharach, whose bouncy title song is just one of this film’s many unexpected pleasures.

• 1 hr 22 min
• Directed by

  Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
• Written by Kay Linaker, Irvine H. Millgate, Theodore Simonson

• Starring

  Keith Almoney

  ,

  Vincent Barbi

  ,

  John Benson

  ,

  James Bonnet

  ,

  Stephen Chase

  ,

  Russ Conway

  ,

  Jasper Deeter

  ,

  Robert Fields

  ,

  Howard Fishlove

  ,

  Anthony Franke

  ,

  George Gerbereck

  ,

  Hugh Graham

  ,

  Jack H. Harris

  ,

  Olin Howland

  ,

  George Karas

  ,

  Steve Mc Queen

  ,

  David Metcalf

  ,

  Tom Ogden

  ,

  Charlie Overdorff

  ,

  Josh Randolph

  ,

  Ralph Roseman

  ,

  Earl Rowe

  ,

  Eugene Sabel

  ,

  Elbert Smith

  ,

  Molly Ann Bourne

  ,

  Aneta Corsaut

  ,

  Julie Cousins

  ,

  Pamela Curran

  ,

  Elinor Hammer

  ,

  Audrey Metcalf

  ,

  Lee Payton

  ,

  Diane Tabben