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The Blob (1988) [R]

Release Date:
August 5, 1988

Original Title:
The Blob

Alternate Titles:
Il fluido che uccide
La Mancha Voraz
Panik
The Blob - Schrecken ohne Namen
The Blob: El terror no tiene forma
变形怪体
幽浮魔点

Genres:
Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Palisades California Inc.
TriStar Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 12  CA: 14A  DE: 18  ES: 18  FR: 12  GB: 18  IT: T  JP: R18+  PT: M/16  TH: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 95

Scream now, while there's still room to breathe!

Overview from TheMovieDB

In Arborville, California, three high school students 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, the trio witness the Blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and the police refuse to believe the kids without proof.

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Production

ADR & Dubbing:
Becky Sullivan

ADR Voice Casting:
Barbara Harris

Animation:
Kent Burton

Animation Supervisor:
Jeff Burks

Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects:
Tony Gardner

Animatronics Designer:
Mark Setrakian

Art Direction:
Jeff Ginn

Best Boy Electric:
Austin Goss

Camera Operator:
Eric J. Goldstein

Casting:
Johanna Ray

Casting Assistant:
Eric DaRe
Donna Morong

Construction Coordinator:
Michael Reinhart

Construction Foreman:
Joseph H. Catmull
David B. Long
Lauren York

Costume Design:
Joseph A. Porro

Costume Supervisor:
Sanja Milković Hays

Costumer:
Nazhat Hester
Garet Reilly
Scott Tomlinson

Director:
Chuck Russell

Director of Photography:
Mark Irwin

Dolly Grip:
Loren Corl

Editor:
Terry Stokes
Tod Feuerman

Effects Supervisor:
Douglas S. Turner

Electrician:
Neil Holcomb
Don MacLean
Jay W. Yowler
Richard M. Butkus Jr.

Executive Producer:
Andre Blay

Extras Casting:
Mary Santiago

First Assistant "B" Camera:
Ian Fox
Stephen Wong

First Assistant Camera:
Findlay Bunting
Michael Condro

First Assistant Director:
Josh McLaglen

First Assistant Editor:
Rebekah Rudd

Foley:
Gregg Barbanell

Gaffer:
Jock Brandis

Grip:
Thomas Browne
Pascal Franchot
Dwight Locke
Mike Maday
Bob Myers
Terry O'Brien

Hairstylist:
Steven Frank

Key Grip:
Caleb Edwards

Key Makeup Artist:
Kathryn Fenton

Leadman:
John D. Kretschmer

Location Manager:
Gerrit V. Folsom

Makeup & Hair Assistant:
Janeen Davis

Makeup Effects:
Mike Smithson
John Caglione Jr.

Music Editor:
Richard Whitfield

Original Concept:
Irvine H. Millgate

Original Film Writer:
Kay Linaker
Theodore Simonson

Original Music Composer:
Michael Hoenig

Post Production Supervisor:
Blaine Converse

Producer:
Elliott Kastner
Jack H. Harris

Production Accountant:
Florian Schereck

Production Coordinator:
Carol Kravetz

Production Design:
Craig Stearns

Prop Maker:
Tony Allard

Property Master:
J.J. May

Rigging Grip:
Kevin Cook

Scenic Artist:
Kip Sawyer
Amanda J. Flick
Michael D. Costello
Ildiko Toth
Renee Prince
Gerald Labitts

Screenplay:
Chuck Russell
Frank Darabont

Script Supervisor:
Helen Caldwell

Sculptor:
Brian Wade
Mitch Devane
Shawn McEnroe
Mark Siegel
Douglas S. Turner

Second Assistant Camera:
J. Tom Archuleta

Set Decoration:
Anne H. Ahrens

Set Designer:
Gary F. Steele
Sally Thornton

Set Dresser:
Steve Blakney
Ross Harpold
Barbara Kahn
Sandra Sweeney

Set Painter:
Portia Perry

Sound Designer:
Frank A. Fuller Jr.

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Stanley Kastner
Matthew Iadarola
Wayne Heitman

Sound Recordist:
Greg Steele
Mark 'Frito' Long

Steadicam Operator:
László Regos

Still Photographer:
Marsha Blackburn

Storyboard Artist:
Pete von Sholly

Stunt Coordinator:
Steve Holladay

Stunts:
Dennis Scott
Freddie Hice
Debby Porter
Ric Roman Waugh
Janet Brady
Bobby Burns
Pat Romano
Gene Hartline

Supervising Sound Editor:
Gordon Ecker
Bruce Stambler

Title Designer:
Dan Curry

Transportation Coordinator:
Lawrence J. Romanoff

Unit Publicist:
Rachael Horovitz

Visual Effects Camera:
Don Dow

Visual Effects Editor:
Jody Rogers
Kathy Chasen-Hay
C. Marie Davis

Visual Effects Producer:
Keith Shartle

Visual Effects Production Assistant:
Brian Adams
Beau Windham

Visual Effects Production Manager:
Dana Miller Schornstein

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Hoyt Yeatman

Wigmaker:
Max Alvarez
Becky Ochoa
Melinda Kennemore
Marlene Stoller

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