A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace.
14 years after “The Blob” became a huge success we were presented with a long awaited sequel.
With “The Blob” being an enormous success it led producer Jack H. Harris to try to do a sequel, but the project stayed shelved for many years. Larry Hagman, who lived next door to Harris, mentioned that he had never seen the original. Harris showed Hagman his personal 16mm print of the film. Hagman showed such interest in doing a sequel that Harris resurrected the project.
Hagman wound up directing this sequel (plus playing a small role in it as well), He may be remembered for playing the iconic role of ‘J.R. Ewing’ in “Dallas” but he dipped his toes into directing every now and then, although this would be his only feature length film. He doesn’t do to bad a job here either, he was a man of many talents and it’s a shame he didn’t do anymore films.
In an interview in Fangoria magazine, screenwriter Anthony Harris stated that a good portion of the filmed material was improvised on the set and that the script was ignored. I love it when things like this happen, when it works out like it does in this film it comes off fantastically and gives the film a sense of fun, I’m sure he actors love that looseness as well.
The star of the film, ‘The Blob’ itself, is great. The great thing I love about low budget features is the budget restrictions make the crew be even more inventive than usual, we see that here and kudos to them as it’s pulled off extremely well. Sure the film comes off as a bit corny but as more of a comic film than straight up Horror it works for it.
“Beware! The Blob” is a fun sequel, give it a try. Oh, and incase you get confused the film also goes by the names “Son of Blob” and “The Blob Returns”.
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
The only feature film ever directed by actor Larry Hagman, whose only previous efforts in the director’s chair were three episodes of I Dream of Jeannie (1965).
This film was reissued in 1982 with a new tagline: “The film that J.R. shot!”, as Larry Hagman had gone on to major latter success as J.R. Ewing in the TV series Dallas (1978). (The tagline plays on the fact that J.R. was shot in a 1980 cliffhanger.)
The film Godfrey Cambridge is watching on his TV when attacked by the Blob is The Blob (1958). The audio-only tracks are from the film within the film, Dementia (1955), aka “Daughter of Horror”, from which stock footage is used in the theater sequences in “The Blob”.
Contemporary Christian music pioneers Randy Stonehill and Larry Norman have bit roles in the film. Norman included a cross necklace as part of his wardrobe.
Millie Perkins was initially slated to play a role in this film.
Del Close wears an eye patch in this movie because his cat had scratched his cornea a few days prior to acting in this movie.
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