I’ve never seen the original. I really should. The remake is much easier to find.
The story is really predictable. There are cliches peppering the whole thing. The government crew gets involved, and it’s revealed that the government is behind this biological weapon, etc. It’s truly a product of the time period. This isn’t a bad thing. I found myself enjoying the dated aspects of it. The clothes, the hairstyles, the general appearance of the production is very firmly 80’s. The effects work is at this wonderful level, where they do a lot of compositing of elements, and it’s done very well. It looks a lot like some of the effects work from Little Shop of Horrors. The Blob effects are usually really good. There are miniatures used throughout, some great building miniatures too.
This dated quality makes the whole thing feel like a campy drive-in movie. It’s fun. It moves pretty quick. The dialogue is a bit silly, but that’s to be expected.
What surprised me the most about this movie was that I thought that the Blob was an effective horror creation. There aren’t too many creatures that don’t have a motivation, but even the ones that do are less motivated than this. The Thing is an obvious comparison, but that hides in an individual at a time. There’s a good comparison to be had with Horror Express. The Blob never gives any indication of a personality, and those that are absorbed cease to be. The Blob is a threat, but not a conscious one. It’s almost the same as any medical thriller.
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