Brian Flagg (Kevin Dillon) is the town teen delinquent. Meg Penny (Shawnee Smith) is the high school head cheerleader. An alien asteroid lands carrying a deadly blob lifeform that consumes everything. Nobody believes when the blob eats Meg's boyfriend.
There is some good cheesy fun to be had here. Taking the '59 B-horror classic, it doesn't really need to add much more. Kevin Dillon has the fluffy hair. He needs to do something more than a 1950's cartoon of a ruffian. He's not a bad actor otherwise. Shawnee Smith is cute and compelling. They're both good at taking this cheese seriously.
The one thing that bugged me is the lack of reason from the cops. The people at the hospital were definitely killed by something extraordinary. Yet they talk like it's a regular murder case. But you have to allow for B-horror reasoning.
There is some good gore and creature feature scares. As a story, it works pretty well and quite effective. It does run into problems when the blob becomes big CG. The graphics at the time just can't do it justice.
There is some good cheesy fun to be had here. Taking the '59 B-horror classic, it doesn't really need to add much more. Kevin Dillon has the fluffy hair. He needs to do something more than a 1950's cartoon of a ruffian. He's not a bad actor otherwise. Shawnee Smith is cute and compelling. They're both good at taking this cheese seriously.
The one thing that bugged me is the lack of reason from the cops. The people at the hospital were definitely killed by something extraordinary. Yet they talk like it's a regular murder case. But you have to allow for B-horror reasoning.
There is some good gore and creature feature scares. As a story, it works pretty well and quite effective. It does run into problems when the blob becomes big CG. The graphics at the time just can't do it justice.