Steve McQueen is the
world’s oldest teenager in “The Blob,” the corny, campy horror classic that
opens with the funniest, catchiest theme song that I can recall. “Beware of The
Blob, it creeps/ And leaps and glides and slides/ Across the floor/ Right
through the door.” It’s a laugh riot. The movie is too, right from the start
with McQueen playing 17 (!) calling a first-date gal named Jane (Aneta Corsaut)
as “Jenny,” and getting away with it because he’s Steve Freakin’ McQueen.
Anyway, meteor hits, a blob pops out, eats an old guy’s arm, and it’s on -- laughs, goofy special effects, and punk
teen kids saving the world when the cops won’t listen. Classic scene: The
cinema! What’s hard as hell to take is the sexism: Every woman and girl is a
helpless twit prone to hysterics and less brave than the 7-year-old brat in PJs
prone to carrying around his teddy. Actually that’s the gist of the film: Those
nightmare fantasies kids have about monsters coming true and no adult will
believe them real. So honk the horns, and hold those ladies’ hands tight. B
Monday, September 23, 2013
The Blob (1958)
Labels:
1950s,
1958,
Aneta Corsaut,
campy,
classic,
horror,
Monsters,
sexism,
Steve McQueen,
teenagers,
The Blob,
theme song
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