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Horror Movie Club

The Blob (1988)

Horror Movie Club

Ashvin and Brian

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5942 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

We marvel at the practical effects on display in this 1988 remake of The Blob.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I know someone's out there.

0:11.8

Hey there, listeners.

0:17.2

Welcome to Horror Movie Club.

0:18.5

The show are two dudes who are not quite nerds, but not quite nobs. Choose a horror movie each week to rate and review. I'm Brian, I'm on the phone with

0:26.1

Ashven, and today we are discussing The Blob from 1988, directed by Chuck Russell, written by

0:32.2

Chuck Russell, and Frank Deribont, starring Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leach, Jeffrey DeMun, and Candy Clark.

0:40.5

In this remake of the 1958 film of the same name, a gelatinous blob crash lands on Earth

0:46.2

and starts consuming the citizens of a small town. If you're new to the show, we're going to discuss

0:52.2

some spoiler-free background info on the movie for the first 15 minutes or so.

0:56.8

But after that, we'll play some transition music and switch into spoiler mode where we will walk through the plot in detail.

1:03.1

So if you haven't seen this movie, go watch it before you hear that transition music or maybe right after you hear that transition music so you don't get spoilers. I don't think it's streaming anywhere, but it's a rental from the internet

1:14.5

places. And this episode is brought to you ad-free as usual by our Patreon supporters.

1:21.0

Shoutouts to some new patrons, M. Libby, Joshua B, Chris, Jonathan M, Brandon C, Nicole A, and I usually don't read patrons full first and last name, but I think it's all right in the case of D. Snuts.

1:36.4

So thank you to all of you for supporting the show.

1:39.9

If you, dear listener, want to support the show, go to patreon.com slash horror movie club,

1:44.7

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1:47.5

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1:51.8

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1:56.6

and some other stuff.

1:57.9

Oh, videos of us eating spicy wings and answering listener questions.

2:01.7

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2:03.6

through the actual website

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