Movie review – “The Blob” (1988) **

Didn’t enjoy this as much when I saw it in the cinema many moons ago – it’s a bit whatever, despite Frank Darabont’s name as co-writer and the pleasures of seeing Kevin Dillon aka Johnny Drama in a lead role. I had a little crush on Shawnee Smith as the female lead and she’s still quite winning, with that odd high pitched voice – so at the end when she’s holding a machine gun and yelling at the blob it doesn’t quite work. This is more effective as an action movie with sci-fi connotations than a horror flick – genuine shocks are in short supply but the effects aren’t bad and there’s plenty of explosions. A small kid gets killed but you won’t mind since he’s such a bad actor.