Utterly wacky, cheerfully moronic comedy sequel to a straight faced sci-fi favorite. Legendary actor Larry Hagman directs for the first and only time, for his neighbor Jack H. Harris, who'd produced the original "Blob" and had been trying for years to get a sequel made. Hagman packed the cast with friends and neighbors, leading to the impressive lineup of familiar faces.
Robert Walker Jr. and Gwynne Gilford play our sincere heroes in this story of a chunk of the Blob being transported back from the Arctic by a geologist (Godfrey Cambridge). Very soon, it's able to thaw out, and return to what it does best.
The body count is pretty good in this movie, which is occasionally funny but often tiresome. Some scenes don't seem directed so much as improvised. Some of the performances here are somewhat serious, while others are flat out silly. The special effects are variable, and Hagman does let the action eventually erupt into an entertaining feeling of chaos. The tone is established early thanks to the goofy music score composed by Mort Garson. Whatever the movie lacks in technical slickness, it makes up for that to a degree with its loose and fairly good natured quality.
The cast also includes Richard Stahl, Richard Webb, Carol Lynley, Marlene Clark, Gerrit Graham, J.J. Johnston, Rockne Tarkington, Dick Van Patten, Del Close (who also turned up in the 1988 "Blob" remake), and Cindy Williams, with cameos for Shelley Berman, Cambridge, and Hagman himself (who plays the young hobo). Sid Haig and Burgess Meredith appear unbilled.
Admittedly, a rather crudely made movie, but just the fact that it exists is pretty amusing. It does have some value as a curio.
Future cinematographer Dean Cundey was the camera operator for the animal sequences.
Five out of 10.
Robert Walker Jr. and Gwynne Gilford play our sincere heroes in this story of a chunk of the Blob being transported back from the Arctic by a geologist (Godfrey Cambridge). Very soon, it's able to thaw out, and return to what it does best.
The body count is pretty good in this movie, which is occasionally funny but often tiresome. Some scenes don't seem directed so much as improvised. Some of the performances here are somewhat serious, while others are flat out silly. The special effects are variable, and Hagman does let the action eventually erupt into an entertaining feeling of chaos. The tone is established early thanks to the goofy music score composed by Mort Garson. Whatever the movie lacks in technical slickness, it makes up for that to a degree with its loose and fairly good natured quality.
The cast also includes Richard Stahl, Richard Webb, Carol Lynley, Marlene Clark, Gerrit Graham, J.J. Johnston, Rockne Tarkington, Dick Van Patten, Del Close (who also turned up in the 1988 "Blob" remake), and Cindy Williams, with cameos for Shelley Berman, Cambridge, and Hagman himself (who plays the young hobo). Sid Haig and Burgess Meredith appear unbilled.
Admittedly, a rather crudely made movie, but just the fact that it exists is pretty amusing. It does have some value as a curio.
Future cinematographer Dean Cundey was the camera operator for the animal sequences.
Five out of 10.