Forgotten Sequels: Beware! The Blob

This film nearly got reviewed a while back as part of the 'Good Sons' series of forgotten sequels (alongside Son of Kong, etc.) Here's the thing though: the real title is not Son of Blob. Despite its popularity under that title- thanks to Grandpa Al's Midnight Movies- the title is actually the one you will see above and below. This film was made by Larry Hagman (of Dallas fame) in 1972, putting it almost evenly between 1958's The Blob and 1988's The Blob. It has been overshadowed by them for too long. Read my review of...

That title really grabs you, doesn't it? I just wanted to say that.

The film begins with- I swear to God- an opening credit sequence overlaid with a kitten running through a field. It is so adorably out-of-place. The film proper begins with an oil pipeline worker returning home from Alaska with a sample of the titular monster. Not understanding how the Alaskan snow is colder than his refrigerator, the man allows the beast to get free. Good call.

The plot of this movie is disjointed, to say the least. Once the original trio are killed, the monster ambles around town, running into residents. They include...

-A group of bums, one of whom is Burgess Meredith.
-A boy scout troupe lead by Dick Van Patten.
-A barber and a hippie client (don't ask).
-A farm full of chickens.
-A Shriner in his bathtub.

The movie climaxes with the monster attacking a roller skating rink. Well, this is 1972. The cops and our two heroes are perplexed with how to stop the monster. Fortunately, they discover a way to turn on the rink's freezing mechanism. Of course! This is only possible after the male lead swings across the ceiling on a rope to build up tension. Finally, the monster goes down. The celebration is cut short as some of it heats up. The End?

This movie is stupid and silly. There- I said it. One Netflix reviewer described it as a series of 'black-out plays' from the Upright Citizen's Brigade. Basically, a scene is set up, takes place for a couple of minutes and the monster shows up, causing the film to fade to black. The movie is purely good for camp value, as opposed to the quality of the original or the gore factor of the remake. It is a bit more understandable how it has become so forgotten now, isn't it? The best it got was a re-release in 1982 after the 'Who Shot JR' story became huge and a 2000 DVD release. That seems fair, right?

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