Director Chuck Russell’s remake of the 1958 B-movie maintains the notion of an all-consuming ooze gorging itself on a small town but infuses it with body horror, fluorescent jelly, and a nothing-is-sacred disaster movie attitude.

| Jan 22, 2025

Russell creates a breakneck monster-on-the-loose crowd-pleaser with a fun nostalgic pulse.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 25, 2024

One of the best horror remakes of all time...

| Aug 6, 2023

The blob frightens, but also offers an escape valve with frequent laughter. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 23, 2022

A marvel of practical effects and gore, The Blob is the rare remake that surpasses the original.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 30, 2020

The blob effects are sensational, taking the icky substance concept to gruesome new extremes.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 31, 2020

After Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Thing, and The Fly demonstrated that classic 1950s fantasy flicks could be reconfigured in new and exciting ways, The Blob took a step backward, offering gorier effects but little else to absorb.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 2, 2019

'The Blob' manages to be above average. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 4, 2019

The effects are better, the deaths are gorier, but ultimately the film lack's the original's sincere charm.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 7, 2019

Stunning practical effects work, a great story with great characters, and a huge sense of fun, it's a shame that The Blob doesn't have as big of a following as it should have.

| Jul 3, 2019

All we get is sullen Kevin Dillon subbing for Steve and a bigger, nastier lump that bloodies up its victims in stomach-churning close-ups.

| Mar 4, 2019

An underrated and gory gem, The Blob deserves its place among '80s horror films to be remembered, and to slide back onto screens decades later after it originally crash landed into theaters.

| Aug 6, 2018

Isolationism and false security are as much the targets of the '88 model blob as hobos and horny jocks.

| Aug 1, 2013

An old story retold with a fresh voice, eager to make improvements where they're needed and unwilling to tamper with scenes that don't.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2010

As far as remakes go it ain't too shoddy . . .

| Nov 18, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 7, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 19, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 22, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2004

Surprisingly worthy remake.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 2, 2004