Beware! The Blob
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| Beware! The Blob | |
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| Directed by | Larry Hagman |
| Produced by | Anthony Harris |
| Written by | Story: Richard Clair Jack H. Harris Screenplay: Anthony Harris Jack Woods |
| Starring | Robert Walker, Jr. Gwynne Gilford Richard Stahl Richard Webb Marlene Clark Gerrit Graham J.J. Johnston Danny Goldman |
| Music by | Mort Garson |
| Cinematography | Al Hamm |
| Editing by | Tony de Zarraga |
| Distributed by | Jack H. Harris Enterprises Inc. |
| Release date(s) | June 21, 1972 (USA) |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
| IMDb profile | |
Beware! The Blob is a 1972 sequel to The Blob. Directed by Larry Hagman. Screenplay by Anthony Harris and Jack Woods III, from a story by Jack H. Harris and Richard Clair. 91 minutes, unrated (originally rated GP).
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[edit] Plot
The film begins when a pipe layer named Chester (Cambridge) returns from the arctic and brings back with him a small sample of a mysterious frozen substance. He puts the strange material in his freezer, but his wife lets it thaw on the kitchen counter and the blob is revived. It starts by eating a fly, then a kitten, then Chester and his wife. Lisa (Gilford) watches as the alien organism consumes one of its victims, but cannot get anyone, even her boyfriend Bobby (Walker), to believe her. Meanwhile the rapidly-growing creature quietly preys upon the town. Some of its victims include a cop, two hippies, a barber (who charges one of his customers $400 for a haircut), and some transients (one of whom is played by director Hagman). The now-massive blob invades a skating rink and is finally stopped when Bobby activates the rink's ice mechanism, freezing it. At the very end of the movie, while being filmed by a television crew, a lamp is knocked over, melting a small portion, though no other sequel was made.
[edit] Alternate Titles
- Beware the Blob
- Son of Blob
- Son of the Blob
[edit] Trivia
- This is the only feature film to have been directed by Hagman. His only other directorial credits include episodes of the television programs Dallas, I Dream of Jeannie and In the Heat of the Night.
- Dean Cundey, who would later achieve great fame as a cinematographer for such films as Halloween (film), The Thing, and Jurassic Park (film), worked on Beware! The Blob as a camera operator.
- In an interview in Fangoria magazine screenwriter Anthony Harris stated that a good portion of the filmed material was improvised on the set and that the script was ignored.
- In 1982 the film was re-issued with the tagline "The film that J.R. shot!" in an attempt to capitalize on the success of Hagman's television series Dallas.
- Filmed in and around Diamond Bar, California and Pomona, California, both 50 miles east of Los Angeles.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Walker as "Bobby Hartford."
- Gwynne Gilford as "Lisa Clark."
- Richard Stahl as "Edward Fazio."
- Richard Webb as "Sheriff Jones."
- Marlene Clark as "Mariane Hargis."
- Gerrit Graham as "Joe, Ape-Suited Party Guest."
- J.J. Johnston as "Sheriff's Deputy Kelly."
- Danny Goldman
- Rockne Tarkington
- Dick Van Patten as "Scoutmaster."
- Tiger Joe Marsh as "The Naked Turk."
- Tim Baar
- Fred Smoot as "Pinsetter Repairman."
- Randy Stonehill as "Guitar player, singer."
- Del Close
- Cindy Williams
- Preston Hagman as "Preston, a Scout."
- John Houser
- Larry Norman as "Party guest, coffee shop customer."
- Robert N. Goodman
- Patrick McAllister
- Bill Coontz as "William B. Foster."
- Byron Keith
- Margie Adleman
- Shelley Berman as "Hair Stylist."
- Godfrey Cambridge as "Chester Hargis."
- Larry Hagman as "Hobo."
- Carol Lynley as "Leslie."
- Bud Cort as "Birthday Party Guest" (uncredited)
- Burgess Meredith as "Hobo" (uncredited)
- Conrad Rothmann as "Fireman" (uncredited)
