Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Blob (1958)

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Something That Could Wipe Out This Whole Town

Steve (McQueen) and Jane (Aneta Corsaut), sent home because the cops believe they made up the story about the killer blob from outer space, sneak out and realize their best bet is get help from their pals at the movies, in the Pennsylvania-made indie The Blob, 1958.

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Before It Gets Any Bigger!

Not quite panic yet as Doc Hallen (Steven Chase) figures the old man has some weird parasitic growth spreading up his arm, so he brings in the nurse (Lee Payton) who finds the patient gone, and things get worse, in the independent creature-feature The Blob, 1958.

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Want To Die?

As the threat oozes from the theater toward the diner, young Danny (Kieth Almoney) makes a bad decision and gets trapped with Steve (Steve McQueen) and Jane (Aneta Corseaut), and desperate measures are taken, in The Blob, 1958.

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Beware Of The Blob

The title song a landmark on its own, tacked on by Paramount studios which bought and distributed the movie, with delightful graphics and the tune by then-unknown Burt Bacharach and Mack (brother of Hal) David, from The Blob, 1958, starring Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut.

Blob, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Shooting Star

The opening scene, and one does see shooting stars at Lover's Lane, as Steve (McQueen) and Jane (Aneta Corseaut) grow suspicious and the "Old Man" (Olin Howlin) gets in trouble, in The Blob, 1958.