In 1958, director Irvin Yeaworth and writers Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson unleashed "The Blob" upon the world. In it, a mysterious, gelatinous, corrosive, amoeboidal material seeps out of a meteorite that has crash landed onto earth. The unknown sludge slowly begins to consume everything in its path, growing stronger and larger with each envelopment. "The Blob" terrorizes small Pennsylvania towns as it grows more aggressive with its hunger, and grows monumental in size.
"The Blob" was terrifying due to its unstoppable nature, and unlike most horror movies of the time period, "The Blob" is not destroyed at the end of the film. Instead, the Air...
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"The Blob" was terrifying due to its unstoppable nature, and unlike most horror movies of the time period, "The Blob" is not destroyed at the end of the film. Instead, the Air...
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- 10/26/2021
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Stephen Chase, John Benson, Olin Howland | Written by Theodore Simonson, Kay Linaker | Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr
Alongside The Fly and The Thing, Chuck Russell’s remake of The Blob was the third in the Holy Trinity of 1980s cover versions of 1950s sci-fi horror. Like David Cronenberg’s and John Carpenter’s films, it improved upon the original work in virtually every way.
If you’re familiar with the Frank Darabont-scripted schlocker, you’ll be aware from the first note of the ridiculously jaunty “Beware of the Blob” theme song that we are dealing with a very different amorphous beast with this, the 1958 original.
I’m a sucker for movies set over a single night, as well as small town settings, and here we have both. It’s Pennsylvania, and Steve (Steve McQueen) is at a kissing spot with his...
Alongside The Fly and The Thing, Chuck Russell’s remake of The Blob was the third in the Holy Trinity of 1980s cover versions of 1950s sci-fi horror. Like David Cronenberg’s and John Carpenter’s films, it improved upon the original work in virtually every way.
If you’re familiar with the Frank Darabont-scripted schlocker, you’ll be aware from the first note of the ridiculously jaunty “Beware of the Blob” theme song that we are dealing with a very different amorphous beast with this, the 1958 original.
I’m a sucker for movies set over a single night, as well as small town settings, and here we have both. It’s Pennsylvania, and Steve (Steve McQueen) is at a kissing spot with his...
- 12/3/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Ricardo Cortez in 'Ten Cents a Dance,' with Barbara Stanwyck. No matter how unthankful the role, whether hero or heel – or, not infrequently, a combination of both – Cortez left his bedroom-eyed, mellifluous-voiced imprint in his pre-Production Code talkies. Besides Barbara Stanwyck, during the 1920s and 1930s Cortez made love to and/or life difficult for, a whole array of leading ladies of that era, including Bebe Daniels, Gloria Swanson, Betty Compson, Betty Bronson, Greta Garbo, Florence Vidor, Claudette Colbert, Mary Astor, Kay Francis, Joan Crawford, Irene Dunne, Joan Blondell, and Loretta Young*. (See previous post: “Ricardo Cortez Q&A: From Latin Lover to Multiethnic Heel.”) Not long after the coming of sound, Ricardo Cortez was mostly relegated to playing subordinate roles to his leading ladies – e.g., Kay Francis, Irene Dunne, Claudette Colbert – or leads in “bottom half of the double bill” programmers at Warner Bros. or on loan to other studios. Would...
- 7/7/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Actress + Blob Creator Linaker Dead At 94
Thirties and Forties screen star Kay Linaker, who co-wrote horror classic The Blob, has died, aged 94.
The actress/writer made her film debut in 1936's The Murder of Dr. Harrigan and went on to star in 50-plus films in the following decade, including Drums Along The Mohawk and They Dare Not Love.
Linaker also co-starred in a series of Charlie Chan films.
But, after marrying writer Howard Phillips in 1945, the actress became a screenwriter, often teaming up with her husband to create TV and radio shows. Her biggest success came under her married name, Kay Phillips, when she co-wrote The Blob, which was to become an early film for movie icon Steve McQueen.
Linaker died in New Hampshire.
The actress/writer made her film debut in 1936's The Murder of Dr. Harrigan and went on to star in 50-plus films in the following decade, including Drums Along The Mohawk and They Dare Not Love.
Linaker also co-starred in a series of Charlie Chan films.
But, after marrying writer Howard Phillips in 1945, the actress became a screenwriter, often teaming up with her husband to create TV and radio shows. Her biggest success came under her married name, Kay Phillips, when she co-wrote The Blob, which was to become an early film for movie icon Steve McQueen.
Linaker died in New Hampshire.
- 4/24/2008
- WENN
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