Sci-fi "classic" that holds some cheesy appeal but really isn't that good, in my opinion. It stars a young Steve McQueen (although not as young as the part he's playing) and Aneta Corsaut (Helen Crump herself) as two teenagers who try to warn people in their hick town about a red blob that came to Earth in a meteorite. The blob keeps eating people and growing in size. Bad stuff. Like I said, this has some cheesy camp value for many (dig that theme song) but it has never done much for me. I actually enjoy the 1988 remake more, which is saying something considering how much I loathe remakes on average. By the way, I've seen this a few times over the years and this print I saw on TCM is easily the best I've seen. The colors are crisp and the picture is cleaner than any of the other versions I've seen. There are a lot of cheap DVDs of this one out there and they have some pretty lousy picture quality. Watching crap is bad enough but watching it in crappy quality is the pits. Anyway, this is famous enough that I think any fan of older science fiction and horror films should see it at least once. It's got some Ed Wood but not quite Roger Corman upside to it.
