10/23/25 - 31 Days of Halloween Movies
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (204307)
United States
October 23, 2025 4:48am CST
1958 - The Blob
What Halloween movie list would be complete without the 1958 pop culture classic, The Blob? The Blob is a science fiction horror film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr. and is based on an idea by Irving H. Millgate.
The story takes place in a small Pennsylvania town. Steve Andrews (Steve McQueen) and his girlfriend Jane Martin (Aneta Corsaut) are on lover's lane when they see a meteorite crash off in the distance. Steve goes to look for it; but an old man living nearby, Barney (Olin Howland) finds it first. He pokes it with a stick; and it breaks open. A red, gelatinous Blob attaches itself to his arm. He runs out into the road and almost gets hit by Steve's car. They take him to Dr. Hallen who decides that the arm must be amputated. Before he can do that, the Blob consumes Barney, the nurse and finally the doctor. The Blob grows larger with every person that it absorbs.
Steve and Jane go to the police; but when the police inspect the doctor's office, they can find no evidence to support the couple's claims. Steve and Jane are sent home...The Blob continues to ravage the town.
I love this campy, classic movie. When The Blob enters the movie theater, note the faces of the "teenagers" streaming out...many are laughing.
Photo Credit: Mine A1
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@FourWalls (79665)
• United States
23 Oct
Yeah, it was bad…but a good bad. Or one of those “so bad it’s good” kinds of camp. A movie they’d riff on MST3K but that you’d enjoy while they were doing it (as opposed to The Mole People, which is unwatchable without the constant jokes about John Agar (primarily) and Hugh Beaumont.
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@FourWalls (79665)
• United States
24 Oct
@LindaOHio — now THAT I’d watch. 
Robert Klein made a joke about the really bad horror movies with the giant spiders and you could see the finger pushing the toy spider. 
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
Remember the movie, I think it was called the Killer Shrews, in which they used dachshunds for the shrews with costumes on of course.
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
8h
@FourWalls I LOVE the really bad ones. Plan 9 From Outer Space is another one of my favorites and Robot Monster.
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
Not really scary; but definitely a classic.
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@LadyDuck (485725)
• Italy
24 Oct
@LindaOHio For sure a classic. I liked a lot Steve McQueen when I was a young girl.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53599)
• United States
23 Oct
I haven’t seen it in awhile, but have enjoyed it several times in my life.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53599)
• United States
23h
@LindaOHio I think that I saw the remake too.
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
Yup. Have you seen the remake? I haven't.
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@porwest (109945)
• United States
5h
@LindaOHio I know I have seen one from I think the late 70s or early 80s, so I want to say yes.
@MommyOfEli2013 (85802)
• Rupert, Idaho
23 Oct
Another I haven't seen...but not sure I would check this one out
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@MommyOfEli2013 (85802)
• Rupert, Idaho
15h
@LindaOHio Well the time is not really an issue...for me it is what it is about, the genre, etc...
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
There was also a remake; but I've never seen it.
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@celticeagle (181019)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Oct
Great. I saw this listed on a YT video yesterday evening. I kind of recall this movie. I watched it again a couple of years ago. Something about the silly tech back then that endears these movies to me. Campy for sure.
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@ptrikha_2 (48543)
• India
23 Oct
Is th9s in Black & White.
Sounds interesting although a bit simple plot.
I wonder if it would be available on any streaming network?
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
I think it was in color. You might try YouTube.
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
It's a classic. There's a remake; but I've never seen it.
@LeaPea2417 (38606)
• Toccoa, Georgia
23 Oct
I have seen that and actually liked it. It is really not that scary.
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@LeaPea2417 (38606)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22h
@LindaOHio I didn't know they made a remake.
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
8h
@LeaPea2417 Yes, in 1988. They may even be working on another one now.
@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
No it's not. I wonder if the remake is...I've never seen it.
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
Definitely a classic. I've never seen the remake.
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@RasmaSandra (90144)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Oct
Saw it a very long time ago but not a fan of this movie,
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@LindaOHio (204307)
• United States
24 Oct
There's a remake; but I've never seen it.
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@Marilynda1225 (86683)
• United States
23 Oct
boy I'm old....I probably saw this movie in the theater when it came out.
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