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The Blob (1958) [NR]

Release Date:
September 10, 1958

Original Title:
The Blob

Alternate Titles:
A Bolha
Angriff aus dem Weltall
Blob, Terreur Sans Nom
Danger planétaire
Faran från skyn
Fluido mortale
The Blob - Fluido mortale
The Glob
The Glob That Girdled the Globe
The Meteorite Monster
The Molten Meteorite
The Night of the Creeping Dead

Genres:
Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Fairview Productions
Tonylyn Productions Inc.
Valley Forge Films

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: e 12  DE: 12  FR: U  GB: 12  IE: 12  IT: T  PT: M/12  US: NR 

Runtime: 83

It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
Karl Karlson
Bill Jersey

Assistant Director:
Bert Smith

Assistant Editor:
Floyd Van Der Voorn

Associate Producer:
Russ Doughten

Director:
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

Director of Photography:
Thomas E. Spalding

Editor:
Alfred Hillmann

Idea:
Irvine H. Millgate

Makeup Artist:
Ben Kehoe

Music Director:
Ralph Carmichael

Music Supervisor:
Jean Yeaworth

Original Music Composer:
Ralph Carmichael

Producer:
Jack H. Harris

Screenplay:
Theodore Simonson
Kay Linaker

Songs:
Mack David
Burt Bacharach

Sound:
Gottfried Bass
Robert Clement

Special Effects:
Bart Sloane

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