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By Grace Wong (1) for CNN (497) on 27 Apr 2020

Despite producer Jack Harris' pooh-poohing of the 'political subtext' theory, rampant Commie-phobia pervades as the ever-redder blob sucks…

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By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for Playback:stl (411) on 02 Aug 2016

there's something charming about it, as if all the tacky aspects of the 1950s (and again, I'm talking about the white, squeaky clean, small…

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By Philip French (1,151) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 20 Sep 2015

It is truly providential that a new horror melodrama called The Blob is so woodenly presented on the whole, for a little astute showmanship…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 19 Jun 2015

One of the most personable sci-fi horror films of its generation…

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By Rob Humanick (476) for Suite101.com (114) on 05 Oct 2011

It's exuberant and extraordinary, and just nasty enough…

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By Ian Berriman (39) for SFX Magazine (298) on 27 Mar 2011

The Blob is one of those B-movies that will always inhabit a warm little nook in the affections of SF fans but, truth be told, it's never quite…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 27 Jan 2011

The heroes may be teenagers, but The Blob, though generally a goofy and enjoyable B-programmer ideal for watching while loaded in the middle…

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By Gabe Leibowitz (202) for eCinemaCenter.com (18) on 19 Aug 2010

A surprisingly smart piece of 50′s camp…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 20 Sep 1965

Whatever its flaws as a film, a none-too-scary monster chief among them, The Blob is a uniquely compelling monster movie…

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Film critics gave The Blob (1958) an average score of 78%, indicating generally very positive reviews.

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