A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.
The Blob has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Blob was released in 1958 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 530 reviews, giving The Blob (1958) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Professional critics were more impressed with The Blob than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 58%, The Blob is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1958, which stands at 60%.
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