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Rating:  -
This camp horror schlock is a heck of a lot of fun to watch (think Saturday night drive in) once you learn that it was Larry Hagman's low budget "home movie" attempt at cashing in on the Blob-ularity of the original. All the celebs on board (Cindy Williams, gorgeous Carol Lynley, Dick Van Patten, Godfrey Cambridge, etc etc) are all appearing because they were Hagman's Malibu neighbors and he said, "Hey! Let's make a movie!" The rest is runny, red history!
Rating:  -
I always liked the original Blob with Steve McQueen, so I was curious about this movie. This movie is just one big schlockorama. From the pathetic plot, the lousy acting, the crummy directing, to the cheesy music, it was pretty painful viewing throughout. I do realize this was sort of a comedy homage to the original, but knowing that didn't help much. I will say that the special effects were okay, the blob oozing here and there, consuming everything in it's path. By halfway through the movie, I was rooting for the blob to eat everyone, including those responsible for making the movie. Some parts were fun, and I liked the guy who owned the bowling alley, as he was such a square and had some funny moments. I also liked the guy at the beginning of the movie. He had a few funny parts, like when he was drinking beer, a lot of beer, and decided to make use of a common household object to assist him in consuming mass quantities of beer. These brief moments of mirth couldn't really carry the movie, though. Everything about this movie seemed thrown together, and then it was thrown at the unsuspecting public. As bad as this movie was, it was also sort of fun and hokey. And maybe I missed it, but I didn't see what happened to Dick Van Patten....he played a really annoying scoutmaster of a boyscout troop, and we did find out later in the movie that he got consumed by the blob at some point, but I didn't see it. I was sorry I missed that, but I am afraid to watch the movie again to look for that part. Too much cheese can be a bad thing. So, when watching this movie, just sit back and try not to think too much. Just let it ooze over you.
Rating: -
When Larry Hagman came back from acting purgatory to become a superstar as J.R. Ewing on "Dallas," most folks saw this as being a big step up from being on "I Dream of Jeanine." But Hagman's most pathetic moment really game with this 1972 film that he directed. "Beware! The Blob" (a.k.a. "Son of the Blob") is both a sequel to and a spoof of the 1958 Science Fiction Drive-In class "The Blob," starring Steve McQueen. He is long gone, and this time it is Robert Walker, Jr. (Charlie X on "Star Trek") who gets the responsibility of fight the big bad blob. The plot is essentially the same as the original. An unsuspecting guy brings back a sample of frozen goo from Alaska, where he was working on the pipeline. The goo thaws, starts with a fly, works through a cat, and then an entire family. The devouring is witnessed which means the heroine, Lisa (Gwynne Gilford) and her boyfriend, Bobby (Walker) spend time trying to convince the local sheriff that a giant red blob thing is eating people. Meanwhile the giant red blob thing is eating everybody, which pretty much means a complete cross-section of Seventies stereotypes.
Hagman must have called in a lot of I.O.U.'s because Burgess Meredith, Dick Van Patten, Godfrey Cambridge, and Shelly Berman all show up to be consumed by the red goo (watch for Hagman's cameo as a bum). If there was ever an attempt to actually make a serious horror film here, then it must have been abandoned early on in the production. Very few of the actors seem to be taking this thing seriously and Walker just does not have the heft to be the manly hero. As a horror film "Beware! The Blob" is not scary and as a spoof it is not funny beyond the sophomoric level of the decidedly lame. The death scenes are not particularly creative, although the special effects are really not that inept, but you get the feeling some of these victims are happily throwing themselves into the giant red blob thing.
Rating:  -
A classic mound of compost! It's best if you look at it, not as a sequel to "The Blob", but as a drug-induced documentary of the 1970s. A better title might have been, "When Hippies Ruled The World". I saw this in the theater when it came out. There is NO better time capsule of the 70s! Larry Hagman is a genius! Plot?? OK, Chester (Godfrey Cambridge) brings back a sample of the blob and keeps it in his freezer. His wife puts it on the counter to thaw! The top of the container pops off, the blob eats a fly, then a kitten, then Chester and spouse. This just makes the blob hungrier and bigger. Ah, so many hippies to eat, so little time! The thing devours both Cindy Williams (yep, THAT Cindy Williams) and Carol Lynley!! You'd think that it would croak right there, but no, it goes on! It gobbles up Larry Hagman, his brother, and Burgess Merideth! Oh, if only it had eaten the camera! This film is actual proof of why the 70s were so ridiculous. I guess you had to be there, man...
Rating:  -
Upon purchasing and seeing this movie, we now know the real reason "J.R." was shot. It relieved the world of more Larry Hagman directed films. Carol Lynley was the only real actor in the film.
Spend your money on a large box of popcorn and large soda at your local theater.
I gave it one star as this was the minimum the review box would accept. Proper rating would be a minus-5 (scale of 5).
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