The Blob (1988 film)
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The Blob is a 1988 American science fiction horror film co-written and directed by Chuck Russell. A remake of the 1958 film of the same name, it stars Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul McCrane, Art LaFleur, Robert Axelrod, Joe Seneca, Del Close and Candy Clark. The plot follows an acidic, amoeba-like organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite, which devours and dissolves anything in its path as it grows. Filmed in Abbeville, Louisiana, The Blob was theatrically released in August 1988 by Tri-Star Pictures and was a box office failure, grossing $8.2 million against its budget of approximately $10 million.
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Directed by | Chuck Russell |
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Story by | Irving H. Millgate |
Based on | The Blob 1958 film by Theodore Simonson Kay Linaker |
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Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
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Music by | Michael Hoenig |
Production companies | Palisades California, Inc.[1] |
Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million[nb 1] |
Box office | $8.2 million |