The Blob

Where to Watch The Blob (1958) (Legally)

It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!
Sep 10, 1958 US 82 min PG
6.2 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
662 votes
Where can I watch “The Blob” legally?
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Where to watch “The Blob” (1958) legally online? See US options first, with English-region fallbacks.

What to expect (spoiler-free)

Planning a movie night? This is a spoiler-free snapshot of “ (1958).

It sits in the Horror, Science Fiction space and is paced for about 82 minutes.

Top billed names include Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, John Benson.

The listed certification for some regions is “ (ratings vary by country).

Topics & keywords

small town, monster, halloween, film in film, blob, meteorite, town in panic, missing person, nostalgic, good cop bad cop, space monster, fire extinguisher

Official trailer

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Plot

A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.

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Main cast

Steve McQueen
as Steve Andrews
Aneta Corsaut
as Jane Martin
Earl Rowe
as Lieutenant Dave
John Benson
as Sgt. Jim Bert
Robert Fields
as Tony Gressette
James Bonnet
as 'Mooch' Miller
Olin Howland
as The Old Man
George Karas
as Officer Ritchie
Stephen Chase
as Dr. T. Hallen
Vincent Barbi
as George the Diner Proprietor