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Beware! The Blob

1972 · 87 min

A goofy, low-budget creature feature that plays its silly premise straight, offering campy laughs and mild scares without taking itself seriously.

Directed by
Larry Hagman
Genres
Comedy, Horror, Science fiction
Tagline
It's loose again eating everyone!
Overview
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the it, it terrorizes the populace-- the local hippies, cops, drunks and bowlers must all face the Blob!

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Directed by
Larry Hagman
Genres
Comedy, Horror, Science fiction
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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • identity
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour7
Realism3
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy, horror, science fiction
Directed by
Larry Hagman
Written by
Anthony Harris, Jack Woods
Starring
Robert Walker Jr., Gwynne Gilford, Richard Stahl, Richard Webb, Shelley Berman, Larry Hagman, Carol Lynley, Godfrey Cambridge
Music
Mort Garson
Cinematography
Al Hamm
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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