A press book is the printed material the studios send out to the theaters to promote a particular movie. The film originally earned a gp rating from the mpaa. The blob 1958 was a better than average monster movie that is most notable for launching the career of steven mcqueen, having an absolutely ludicrous theme song partly composed by burt bacharach, and featuring a sentient ball of jello as its main antagonist. The audioonly tracks are from the film within the film, dementia 1955, aka daughter of horror, from which stock footage is used in the theater sequences in the blob. Check out more movies that start with b and movies from 1972. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers. Actordirector larry hagman brought forth this sequel to the blob in which a woman unwittingly defrosts some gray matter her scientist husband brought back. The blob directed by larry hagman of tvs i dream of jeannie and dallas fame to his 1958 feature the blob starring steve mcqueen in his debut film role there, at first anyway, seems to be many valid arguments to support the antisequelers position. The blob is a 1972 american independent comedy sciencefiction horror film. When the crowd runs out of the movie theatre with the blob on their tail, many of the extras are laughing or smiling. Actordirector larry hagman brought forth this sequel to the blob in which a woman unwittingly defrosts some gray matter her scientist husband brought back from the arctic circle. The blob 1972 gp 1h 31min comedy, horror, scifi 21. It contains information a bout the film to help the theater owner sell the film in his neighborhood.
Jan 29, 2015 the blob 1958 an unusual scifi horror b movie for its time, the blob had equally unusual beginnings. The blob is part of the monster movies subgenres, check out more movies like this one beware. The blob mort garsonrandy stonehill son of the blob 1972 its not often you get a chance to do back to back blobs, but tonight just happens to be one of those times, now the only thing is i wish they were good blobs, but oh, well, you cant have your blob and eat it too. The blob was a sequel to the 1958 film the blob see below. Even if it was not a particularly good film, the blob seemed to have a quintessential cheesiness that perfectly embodies 1950s sciencefiction cinema.
Actor larry hagman made his directorial debut with the film. And when one compares producer jack harris 1972 beware. The blob alternately titled as beware the blob, son of blob, son of the blob or the blob returns is a 1972 ed 1971 sequel to horror sciencefiction film the blob. A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original blob back from the north pole. It also spawned a 1972 sequel directed by larry hagman and a 1988 remake. Harris, directed by irvin yeaworth, and written by kay linaker and theodore simonson. According to a june 26, 1972 daily variety news item, after the films initial release in june 1972, harris changed the title to beware. Cashing in on director larry hagmans fame as star of dallas, a canny distributor reissued beware. The blob 1958 had a sequel titled son of blob 1972 or beware. Johnston, danny goldman, rockne tarkington, dick van patten, tiger joe marsh, sid hai. Larry hagman directed and costars in this campy sequel, repromoted in the 80s as the film that j.
The blob 1958 an unusual scifi horror bmovie for its time, the blob had equally unusual beginnings. The blob 1972 the blob 1958 was a better than average monster movie that is most notable for launching the career of steven mcqueen, having an absolutely ludicrous theme song partly composed by burt bacharach, and featuring a sentient ball of jello as its main antagonist. Harris and starring 27yearold steve mcqueen as a teenager leading a group of rebels without causes against an amorphous creature from outer space. First in 1988 on laserdisc, then in 2000 on dvd, and in 20 on bluray. The blob was intended as a december, 1971 release, but was held back until june, 1972 to capitalize on the lucrative summer movie and drivein theater audience. The blob is part of the monster movies subgenres, check out more movies like this one. One of the seminal monster movies of the 50s was 1958s the blob, produced by jack h. A movie star playing a wheeler from the return to oz 1985 movie appears as the theater owner who his attacked by the blob. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The film stars steve mcqueen in his starring feature film debut, as steven mcqueen and aneta corsaut and costars earl rowe and olin howland. Picking up where the original blob 1958 left off, the film begins as the puddinglike goo thaws out and begins wreaking havoc on the civilized world. The blob has been released as part of the criterion collection on three formats. The blob has in history is that it was the one and only directorial outing of. This movie does tend to lean a bit toward the whimsical side.
Its campy by modern standards but its got a great performance from steve mcqueen and a unique monster. It was set in motion by jack h harris, a bored pennsylvania film distributor determined to. According to a november 2, 1964 daily variety article, producer jack h. The blob son of the blob movie released on 19720101 starring by richard stahl as,godfrey cambridge as. Harris began negotiations with allied artists to make the sequel, tentatively to be entitled son of blob. The film, together with son of blob, was released on dvd in australia by umbrella entertainment in september 2011. Best action sci fi movies sci fi movies full length english horror. Beware, the blob from 1972 was not a true sequel to the first film but did play on the original films premise. The blob, larry hagman was only a minor actor best known for tvs i dream of jeannie 196570 but would attain fame a decade later as the wonderfully despicable j. The list contains the best, new and most relevant blob movies ordered by relevance. The onscreen title for the viewed print was son of blob.
The blob comes from a small meteorite that falls on earth. A low budget comedey horror film with a stuping black 70s guy. Cindy williams, sid haig, burgess meredith, larry hagman. Sep 15, 2017 a technician brings a frozen specimen of the original blob back from the north pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens. The blob is a red, gelatinous, monstrous organism and the titular main antagonist from the 1958 horror film of the same name, and its 1988 remake.
Top 10 amazing facts about the blob movie facts video. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes. Yet, it this abundance of camp and tongueincheek performances that make beware. Beware the blob, son of blob, son of the blob, the blob ii or the blob returns is a 1972 british independent comedy sciencefiction horror film. Oct 27, 2016 one of the seminal monster movies of the 50s was 1958s the blob, produced by jack h. The blob movies, like most horror films, have always been a product of their time. Picking up where the original blob 1958 left off, the film begins as the puddinglike goo thaws. Close, a scoutmaster dick van patten, a farm full of chickens and horses, people in a gas station, and various townspeople who turn up missing. The blob 1972 aka son of blob starring robert walker jr. The blob 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. An exceptional film marketer, harris later paired the movie with other films he to which held the rights notably equinox, and renamed the film son of blob in some markets as a test. Anyway, the blob gets to work devouring the inhabitants of the house and when lisa gwynne gilford, a friend of theirs, arrives to invite them to her boyfriends robert waker party, it is accidentally unleashed upon the town as she drives frantically away. The blob cannot be killed, only be stopped, which can only be done by freezing it. The blob has in history is that it was the one and only directorial outing of actor larry hagman.
The blob 1958 was one of the classics of 1950s cinema. The blob aka son of blob 1972, directed by larry hagman and starring robert walker jr. It is an alien entity that grows bigger by digesting humans and any living thing in its path. The film godfrey cambridge is watching on his tv when attacked by the blob is the blob 1958. The 1958 original, although a bit hokey now, was full of early cold war tension.
The blob movie trailer 1972 director larry hagman release date 21 june 1972. The screenplay was penned by anthony harris and jack woods iii, based on a story by jack h. In spite of its chortleworthy premise and dated special effects, the blob remains a prime example of how satisfying cheesy bmovie monster thrills can be. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, scary, serious, entertaining, cult film and humorous films and tv shows about with blob, monster, danger, escapades, rivalry, heroes, supernatural, chase, transformation and storytelling plots mostly in horror, comedy and scifi genres shot in usa, japan. So it contains stories about the stars that can be sent to the local newspapers, various. In case youre not familiar with the basic premise, the blob is a gelatinous creature which fell to earth from outer space. Plenty of familiar faces, including robert walker jr. When chester is watching tv, the movie that he is watching is the 1958 film the blob 1958. The blob 1988 has many stephen king references thanks to the cowriter frank darabont who has made many stephen king movie adaptations. Son of blob 1972 was directed by larry hagman that very same hagman of dallas and was known under a few titles that includes, the blob returns, the blob returns, beware. At the end of that film the blob is shown to be susceptible to cold and, after being attacked by fire extinguishers, is dropped into. The blob 1958, the original flick, is a pretty decent scary movie. Beware the blob, son of blob, son of the blob, the blob ii or the blob returns is a 1972 american independent comedy sciencefiction horror film.
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