Beware! The Blob (1972)

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I normally love the "so bad it's good" campy B-comedy horror flicks but this one is just stupid for me to watch. Something about it that rubs me sideways. I liked the opening fine - but when The Blob grabbed the first lady it went all down hill from there. I had to turn this one off after a bit.Larry Hagman what on earth were you thinking? You set up a few good shots but most of this I could do.The actors are so very lame - anybody could have been in this picture and would have worked out fine.I was hoping for some cheesy fun - but this cheese is moldy... had to throw it out.2/10

A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers.I'm probably rating this film a little too highly, because let's be honest.... it's pretty bad. The acting is not good, the plot is all over the place. It doesn't hold a candle to the original or the 1980s remake. There is good reason this film has been forgotten by just about everyone.And yet, it is wildly entertaining in its badness. The scenes that run on for no reason... did we really need all the buildup to the hippie getting a haircut? No, but it was great just the same. I watched this by myself and enjoyed it, but I imagine a group of friends and some beer could make it even better.

Halfway between playing Major Nelson and J.R. Ewing on television, Larry Hagman found the time to direct this low-budget sequel to the 1958 schlock horror classic that first put Steve McQueen on the map. The tone is somewhere between an Attack of the Killer Tomatoes-like parody (though several years prior to that film)and a straightforward monster-on-the-loose thriller. Although never truly scary, there are a few nice moments, including a climax that essentially recreates the classic movie theater scene from the original but resets it in a crowded bowling alley. Mostly it's fun to try and spot the many well-known actors who appear throughout, including Godfrey Cambridge and Carol Lynley as town locals; comedian Shelley Berman as a hair stylist; Dick Van Patten as a Boy Scout leader; and Burgess Meredith and Hagman himself (nearly unrecognizable) as a pair of hobos. Young Cindy Williams (pre-Laverne & Shirley and American Graffiti) plays a dope-smoking hippie chick, while character actor Richard Stahl gives a great slow-burn comic performance as the bowling alley owner. If you're a fan of the original or just enjoy early-'70s drive-in creature features, you may have some fun taking a look at this.

Beware! The Blob (1972) 1/2 (out of 4) THE BLOB is without question one of the best sci-fi flicks from the 50s; a decade that was overflowing with such films but most of them were mindless junk. It took fourteen years but a sequel finally came and what anyone was thinking is beyond me as this is without a doubt one of the worst sequels ever made. A man returns home from Alaska with a container saying "keep frozen" and of course our frozen blob friend is inside. The man leaves it out, the blob thaws and it then goes on a killing spree. That's pretty much all the "plot" this film has and it's a real head scratcher when it comes time to try and figure out what the hell is going on with this thing and what the point was. Judging by this one film there's no question that Hagman wasn't meant for the directors chair as this is also one of the ugliest movies I've ever seen. Just take a look at the scenes as they're sloppily edited and even worse is the zoom shots or badly framed shots. At times it appears like they're just pointing the camera and picking up whatever happens to cross the screen. Another big problem is that there's really no plot but instead just quick vignettes. It really seems like a handful of short films thrown together to make a feature. One plot has a hairdresser hating the hippie that comes in for a buzz. We have a boy scout leader who can't shut his mouth. We have homeless people drinking and fussing about life. We do get a "hip" couple as in the first film but both are deadly dull and add nothing to the movie. The most shocking thing about this film are the familiar faces who appear including Hagman, Burgess Meredith, Sid Haig, Dick Van Patten and Cindy Williams among others. There's certainly no scares to be found here and the attempt at humor misses the mark badly. After Hagman became popular on DALLAS and after the famous "who shot J.R." episode, the producer's of this thing wisely re-released the film as "The Film J.R. Shot" and one only wishes that the brains behind that had tried using some when this film was shooting.