Comments | curt_holman: Terror Has No Shape

curt_holman

Terror Has No Shape

Mar 22, 2009 21:58

This quote from the entry about the 1988 remake of The Blob shows what I love about Wikipedia:

"A small meteorite falls to earth near the town of Arborville, Colorado. An elderly transient discovers, within the hollow sphere, a bizarre, jelly-like substance (the Blob) which attaches itself to his hand. Three high-schoolers, punk Brian Flagg (Kevin ( Read more... )

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popebuck1 March 23 2009, 02:03:16 UTC

Don't get me started - you have NO idea how tough it was to negotiate the billing!

- the Blob's agent

planettom March 23 2009, 02:29:34 UTC

Weird trivia: the sequel, BEWARE! THE BLOB, was directed by... Larry Hagman!

paradisacorbasi March 23 2009, 02:54:58 UTC

Odd trivia: the original blob from 1958 scares the bejeebers out of me. The 1988 one? No problem.

marc_e_heuck March 23 2009, 06:47:43 UTC

They just screened the '88 BLOB in L.A. as a double feature with THE IN-CROWD, and Donovan Leitch showed up in person to introduce. That is a really nifty remake, with a nice new imagination of the creature and its properties, courtesy of Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont. And a kicker ending with the legendary Del Close.