The Blob

Steve McQueen, Olin Howland, Aneta Corsaut, Stephen Chase (starring)
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. (director)
Theodore Simonson, Kay Linaker (screenwriters)

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film.

A science fiction horror classic, about an amorphous, ever-growing alien that absorbs everything in sight—inspired by the discovery of star jelly in Pennsylvania in 1950. Followed by a 1972 sequel, "Son of Blob," and a 1988 remake.

Shot on location throughout Pennsylvania, in Valley Forge, Chester Springs, Downington, Phoenixville, and Royersford.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Criterion Collection 91.


[Book #167559]