science fiction-horror

The Blob is an independently made 1958 American science fiction-horror film in widescreen color by De Luxe, produced by Jack H. Harris, directed by Irvin Yeaworth, and written by Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson.

science fiction

The Blob is a 1958 American independent science fiction film about a amorphous creature that terrorizes the small town of Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

SF-Horror

The Blob is a 1988 American SF-Horror film written and directed by Chuck Russell (Dream Warriors, The Mask) & Frank Darabont (The Fly II,

B-horror

Featuring a simple but imaginatively portrayed monster, The Blob is a cult drive-in B-horror classic that overcomes B-horror classic's limitations with campy humour, strong performances and a visual sheen that transcends B-horror classic's low budget.

science fiction and horror

The Blob is a 1958 science fiction and horror film about a Jello-like creature from outer space that terrorizes the small town of Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

schlock B-horror

, The Blob is an excellent schlock B-horror monster madness film with incredibly graphic tactile effects mixed with laughable gags and nods to the time of the time ’s predecessor.

horror

An incident in 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when four cops found a huge disk of quivering jelly measuring 6ft in diameter inspired the horror film The Blob. . . .

horror comedy

The Blob is also a horror comedy, but the genre line is blurred with enough genuine comedy and enough genuine horror to make anyone question which should be labeled as the primary genre.

B-horror movie

Overall, The Blob earns The Blob's cult status – with this strange mix of rebel teen tale and B-horror movie tropes working well as both for the most part.

to join The Blob, a remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic

The perpetually busy Samuel L. Jackson ’s become the first actor to join The Blob, a remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic.

sci-fi/horror films

The Blob was conceived by producer Jack H. Harris as a way to meld the two profitable genres of the juvenile delinquency film (such as Rebel Without a Cause or The Blackboard Jungle) and the sci-fi/horror films that were so popular in the 1950s.

teenage drama and part sci-fi/horror film

Almost two genres in one, The Blob is part teenage drama and part sci-fi/horror film.

sci-fi

In the 1958 sci-fi classic The Blob, a gelatinous alien life form crashed to earth and commenced eating everything in everything's path.

like shonen-ai and yaoi among others

BL is also an umbrella term, encapsulating other genres like shonen-ai and yaoi, among others.

monster movie

The Blob is nothing more than a well-made monster movie with killer special effects and a refreshing sense of humor.

science-fiction thriller

If it's not a great horror story or an A-list science-fiction thriller for you, The Blob is a slice of Americana and a time capsule to the long past 1950s.

by women

The genre for BL is created by women, for women's consumption, and this genre took shape from as early as 1970s in post-war Japan and appeared as a sub-genre in Shoujo manga.