The Blob (Collector's Edition)

80s B-movie classic love this film.The 4k disc works perfectly on my UK player however the Blu-ray extras does not which i knew anyway as this is an import..

It has been a solid 20 years since I originally (and accidentally) caught my first viewing of The Blob 1988. It was being shown as a part of a horror marathon on television at the time and did a great job of satisfying my love for '80s horror flicks. But for whatever reason, I never did acquire a copy until I discovered that it had been released by Umbrella as a part of a bluray re-issue campaign. When I initially saw it, I bought it up immediately and didn't hesitate to put it on. Did the movie live up to the hype and nostalgia after not seeing it after all these years? You're damn right it did!The Blob is a pretty simple concept, like most '80s horror movies. The film takes place in a small charming town. We quickly get introduced to an array of interesting characters, all of them likeable in some way or another. Later on, a meteor crashes to the Earth and unleashes a large gooey beastie that quickly devours an old hermit. This sets up the movie for one of the best gory rampages of the time period as The Blob goes from building to building causing one great imaginative death to another.All the interesting characters make the movie very easy to get into. Each one has their own quirks and the way they interact with one another is quite smooth and believable. For an '80s horror movie, I think the acting itself is quite good. Each role is played convincingly and I enjoyed watching each character on screen. I wouldn't recommend getting too familiar with them however as this is one movie that leaves no character safe. The Blob is looking for some easy lunch and doesn't care who he has to devour to achieve his goal. The film does a great job of subverting your expectations and is a great example of how to do so. The people behind the recent awful Star Wars movies could learn a whole lot from The Blob.The highlight of the movie is of course the visual effects, which for the most part are absolutely stunning. The Blob itself is quite disgusting to look at and comes across as a big sentient tumour. It is quite revolting and was very well handled by the creative team behind it. The death scenes of course are spectacular. Fans of the horror classics The Thing and The Fly will be right at home here. The visual style of the special effects are quite similar in that each corpse looks juicy, squishy and explodes, implodes and dissolves with great effect. It is safe to say that this is not a movie for the faint of heart.One thing I love about this film is the pacing. The Blob is an easy going ninety five minutes long but it really does not feel it. The movie jumps from one gross out scene to another with no holding back and this creates some excellent pacing. With the added humour and fun characters, it makes the movie a very easy watch. I am not one to shy away from long drawn out epics, but it is always great to get a film that doesn't horse around and this is one of those. It does what it does, does it quickly and gets it over with without over staying its welcome.The bluray quality for this Umbrella print is really good. You'll find the film grain found in a lot of '80s movies has been left intact. This means that the new high definition print looks really sharp and extremely clear in places. In fact, it is quite an impressive looking movie in general. I am surprised at how well it has aged. The only draw back is that there are a few moments where the special effects look a little uncanny, but that sort of thing does happen over time and with new sharper quality prints. It is very excusable all things considered.If you fancy revisiting this horror classic, do not hesitate to buy this version of the film. The bluray looks beautiful and it holds its disgusting charm with pride. It's a very well paced movie and is a great time to be had by all, and I literally mean that. I watched this with my ten year old son (at the time of writing) when this came in the mail and we had an absolute blast. It's a good simple honest gore film. If that interests you then by all means, buy this product.

Unlike now where Hollywood has the arrogance to butcher classics with half baked remakes (shoehorned in by the arrival of Tim Burton's woeful "reimagining" of Planet of the Apes) in the eighties there was a trend for remaking b-movies and its universally agreed by critics and fans alike they bettered the original. The holy trinity of such films consisted of The Thing, The Fly and The Blob.Now its always potentially dangerous revisiting a film you loved as a child and tarnishing all those good memories but I have to say The Blob is as great as I remember. Director Chuck Russell knew you couldn't really make a man eating purple jelly scary so he compensated with a massive body count and some genuinely inventive death scenes (I mean the blocked drain scene is genius!). The special FX (pre CGI thank goodness) have largely stood the test of time and the quintessential eighties teen horror script even throws in a couple of surprises such as the anti-Hollywood move of an annoying kid getting devoured and a cautionary tale of taking advantage of a drunk girl.The Thing is the straight scary horror film; The Fly the gut wrenching poignant love story and the bronze medal goes to The Blob which is a ghoulish sci-fi horror caper that doesn't take itself too seriously and is best enjoyed with a the lights out and a few friends round for a beer and pizza night. A must buy for all horror fans!

Classic! Love this film 10/10 👍

This is a remake of the 1958 Steve McQueen film, and I think it is a pretty good update, obviously the original is still the best, but this does give it it's best shot. The premise is simple, which is always good, a meteor crashes to Earth, someone finds something not very healthy, and then all hell breaks loose. I found this film very entertaining, brain off, popcorn at the ready, but in my mind a good film. What I will say what impressed me the most was the special effects, no CGI here, all practical, which is how it should be, and there are some very gory deaths, some on par with The Thing, I also like the way that no characters are safe from the chop. The acting here is all pretty good as well. All in all a very good way to spend an hour and a half of your time. I recommend this film to anybody who likes the scenario of a small town being terrorized by a monster. And by the way, even though this came as Der Blob, it is actually in English.

They don't make them like that anymore. The picture is the best on-home video as it has ever been. The sound is good no faults at 5.1. I recommend this to any 4K collector or buyer of physical media. Move over streaming and let the big boys in.

great 80's remake of the 50's steve mcqueen movie.great looking transfer,and the special effects still look great.this is yet another movie not available in the UK (The Abyss wont be released either due to the BBFC requiring cuts to the rat scene) we must be still in 1989 not 2024.

Thank you very much