Steve
McQueen, the embodiment of cool for a generation, made his film debut in The
Blob. A meteorite strikes a hill unleashing an alien blob monster. The thing
oozed into a small Pennsylvania town consuming all in its path. Eventually, the
town uses fire extinguishers to freeze the monster. After, the Air Force
transports it to the arctic. Some argue the blob represented communist
encroachment. Although a number of period films tackle this subject, The Blob seems to be a simple sci-fi
horror flick. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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