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!

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.

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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:
Donna Morong
Eric DaRe

Construction Coordinator:
Michael Reinhart

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

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:
Tod Feuerman
Terry Stokes

Effects Supervisor:
Douglas S. Turner

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

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

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.
Tommy Turner

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

Screenplay:
Chuck Russell
Frank Darabont

Script Supervisor:
Helen Caldwell

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

Second Assistant Camera:
J. Tom Archuleta

Set Decoration:
Anne H. Ahrens

Set Designer:
Sally Thornton
Gary F. Steele

Set Dresser:
Steve Blakney
Barbara Kahn
Sandra Sweeney
Ross Harpold

Set Painter:
Portia Perry

Sound Designer:
Frank A. Fuller Jr.

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

Sound Recordist:
Mark 'Frito' Long
Greg Steele

Steadicam Operator:
László Regos

Still Photographer:
Marsha Blackburn

Storyboard Artist:
Pete von Sholly

Stunt Coordinator:
Steve Holladay

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

Supervising Sound Editor:
Bruce Stambler
Gordon Ecker

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:
Beau Windham
Brian Adams

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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