| The Blob | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | The Blob |
| Genres: | Horror Sci-fi |
| Directed by: | Chuck Russell |
| Written by: | Chuck Russell; Frank Darabont; Theodore Simonson; Kate Phillips |
| Produced by: | Andre Blay; Jack H. Harris; Elliott Kastner; Rupert Harvey |
| Music by: | Michael Hoenig |
| Cinematography: | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by: | Tod Feuerman; Terry Stokes |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | TriStar Pictures |
| Released: | August 5th, 1988 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 95 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $19,000,000 |
| Gross: | $8,247,943 (US) |
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The Blob is an American horror film directed by Chuck Russell. It is a remake of the original The Blob monster movie released in 1958 and directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth. The remake was produced by TriStar Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on August 5th, 1988. This film holds a noticeably darker tenor than the campy 1950s version and features Kevin Dillon as Brian Flagg, the rough-and-tumble biker who finds himself in the unexepcted role of hero trying to save a girl named Meg Penny from a dangerous, mutating slime monster that is slowly consuming their sleepy, little town.
Cast 
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kevin Dillon | Brian Flagg |
| Shawnee Smith | Meg Penny |
| Donovan Leitch | Paul Taylor |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | Sheriff Herb Geller |
| Candy Clark | Fran Hewitt |
| Joe Senaca | Doctor Meadows |
| Del Close | Reverend Meeker |
| Paul McCrane | Deputy Bill Briggs |
| Sharon Spelman | Mrs. Penny |
| Beau Billingslea | Moss Woodley |
| Art LaFleur | Pharmacist/Mister Penny |
| Robert Axelrod | Jennings |
| Bill Moseley | Soldier #2 |
| Frank Collison | Hobbe |
| Michael Kenworthy | Kevin Penny |
| Jack Rader | Colonel Hargis |
| Billy Beck | Can man |
| Wade Mayer | Movie patron |
| Douglas Emerson | Eddie Beckner |
| Jack Nance | Doctor |
| Charlene Fox | Woman in doctor's office |
| Erika Eleniak | Vicki De Soto |
| Margaret Smith | Nurse |
| Teddy Vincent | Sally Jeffers |
| Don Brunner | White suit #1/Scientist |
| Clayton Landey | George Ruit |
| Jacquelyn Masche | White suit #2 |
| Julie McCullough | Susie |
| Daryl Marsh | Lance |
| Jamison Newlander | Anthony |
| Judith Flanagan | Eddie's mother |
| Richard Crenna, Jr. | Soldier outside town hall |
| Pons Maar | Theatre manager |
| M. James Arnett | Radio man |
| Peter Crombie | Soldier at command post |
| Rick Avery | Soldier with cracked faceplate |
| David Weininger | Soldier #1 |
| Moss Porter | Sergeant |
| Noble Craig | Puddle soldier |
| Opelene Bartley | Old woman in tent |
| Portia Griffin | Gospel singer |
| Jennifer Lincoln | Young woman in town hall |
| Charlie Spradling | Co-ed |
| Kristen Aldrich | Co-ed |
