New Arrival The Blob (#91)

A cult classic of gooey greatness,The Blobfollows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen playing the rebel teen who tries to warn the residents about the jellylike invader. Strong performances and ingenious special effects helpThe Blobtranscend the schlock sci-fi and youth delinquency genres from which it originates. Made outside of Hollywood by a maverick film distributor and a crew whose credits mostly comprised religious and educational shorts,The Blobhelped launch the careers of McQueen and composer Burt Bacharach, whose bouncy title song is just one of this films many unexpected pleasures.

Special Features

• Digital master, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Two audio commentaries: one featuring producer Jack H. Harris and film historian Bruce Eder and the other featuring director Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. and actor Robert Fields
• Trailer
• Blobabilia!,a gallery of collector Wes Shanks rare trove of stills, posters, props (including the blob itself!), and other ephemera
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Kim Newman for the Blu-ray edition

  Cover illustration by Mike Koelsch, design by Michael Boland