The Blob Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Unlike the torpid pace of the 1958 original, 1988's remake of B-movie horror classic The Blob puts a slasher-flickish pep in its step as the amorphous mass from outer space devours helpless humans in all sorts of gruesome ways. (Sucked down a sink? Check.) Brian Posehn, of Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program, selected this oozy movie as his pick for this month's installment of Cinefamily's "Comedy Death-Ray" series, a celluloid spinoff of the legendary Tuesday night show at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Director Chuck Russell, despite helming the awesomest entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, 1987's Dream Warriors, leaves plenty to mock, from the state-of-the-'80s special effects to dialogue so cheesy you'll think Velveeta co-produced. Remember: "Terror ... has no shape." Cinefamily, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A.; Mon., Oct. 25, 8 p.m.; $14. (323) 655-2510, cinefamily.org. (Originally published in L.A. Weekly, October 22, 2010.)
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