At first, I didn't want to which this one. I've seen the old one and something about deadly jello just doesn't scare me. Plus the title is so funny that I couldn't imagine this movie having any merits. Well, I was wrong. This movie succeeds because it has something none of the other films I've reviewed has had: a budget.

The plot of THE BLOB is easy to follow. It's a small town, you're basic Americana. Out of the sky comes a meteorite containing an evil alien substance known to us as...(if you don't know, then you're just plain stupid). Anyways, now that I've patronized my readers, I'll continue. Through various chains of events, the blob spreads until it grows and takes on a life of it's own, killing and destroying everything in its path.

What the blob didn't count on were a couple teenagers..the first to encounter the blob (but of course, no one believed them!!). Through their ingenuity and teenage savoir-faire, these two (including Kevin Dillon...a name actor!) work to defeat the blob. Do they win? Well, you'll just have to see the movie.

I had a great time watching THE BLOB. It was a remake of a typical 50s horror movie which ended up being...a typical 50s horror movie. It revelled in its stereotypes and satirized them as well. This was especially true when two kids are sitting in a horror movie watching a typical slice-and-dice film...a horror cliche within a horror cliche, brilliant.

Of course there's some bad acting and the lead actress just doesn't get me rooting for her enough, but the special effects rocked! The first half of the film is better because the killings are cooler...there's some nice gory effects including two classics...one in which the blob actually sucks an entire man down a sink drain, and another in which a woman is surrounded by the blob in a phone booth.