This movie is a guilty pleasure of mine. I mean, come on, what more do you want from a movie that has a slimy pink blob oozing around, slowly digesting the people it consumes? I'm completely at ease with this offering and few things make me feel as good as watching people getting slapped to the ground by giant tentacles or policeman getting folded the wrong way round while trying to set up a barricade. I like seeing people getting sucked through a drainpipe and I also like seeing people slowly dissolve while trying to scream from inside the pulsing, pink mess. People who deserve it get theirs, as well as innocent people. Even kids aren't safe! I love the fact that people you think are gonna pull through don't. I think Chuck Russell did a solid, respectable job with this film, a remake of the cult classic from the 50's. The gore is just right and the Blob itself is pretty nasty. Shawnee Smith and Kevin Dillon do their jobs well and I thought Del Close and Joe Seneca were both fantastic in this.
Bottom line: Want entertaining, B-movie fare? Want to see what a movie theater looks like when you have people running for their lives screaming from the giant piece of chewed up gum that decided to show up? Want to see people slowly dissolve? (Forgive me, but the words, "slowly dissolve" have a strange appeal to me) Then go ahead and check this flick out.
RATING: ***1/2 out of *****. (more out of appreciation for cheesy horror flicks)
Bottom line: Want entertaining, B-movie fare? Want to see what a movie theater looks like when you have people running for their lives screaming from the giant piece of chewed up gum that decided to show up? Want to see people slowly dissolve? (Forgive me, but the words, "slowly dissolve" have a strange appeal to me) Then go ahead and check this flick out.
RATING: ***1/2 out of *****. (more out of appreciation for cheesy horror flicks)