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* CreatorBacklash: [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] apparently did not think highly of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.



* OldShame: [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] apparently did not think highly of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.
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* ActingInTheDark: The extras running out of the movie theater weren’t told what kind of monster they were fleeing from.
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** ''Toys/MonsterHigh'''s Create-a-Monster line featured a Blob girl with a translucent pink glittery body and a distinctly 1950s aesthetic.
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* TheDanza: Creator/SteveMcQueenActor plays...Steve Andrews.
* DawsonCasting: The "teens" are all obviously way too old. The 28-year-old Creator/SteveMcQueenActor looks particularly out of place as a high school student who needs to sneak out of his parents' house. He could easily pass for a man in his 30s. It's not immediately apparent how old his character is supposed to be, making some of the early scenes very strange.

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* TheDanza: Creator/SteveMcQueenActor [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] plays...Steve Andrews.
* DawsonCasting: The "teens" are all obviously way too old. The 28-year-old Creator/SteveMcQueenActor [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] looks particularly out of place as a high school student who needs to sneak out of his parents' house. He could easily pass for a man in his 30s. It's not immediately apparent how old his character is supposed to be, making some of the early scenes very strange.
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* OldShame: Creator/SteveMcQueenActor apparently did not think highly of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.

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* OldShame: Creator/SteveMcQueenActor [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] apparently did not think highly of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.

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* TheForeignSubtitle:
** Belgium and Canada: ''The Blob: Terror Without a Name''
** Poland: ''The Blob: An Alien Killer''
** Romania: ''The Blob: Devouring Gelatinous Mass''



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original title for the film was "The Glob", hence why the characters never actually call it a "blob" in the story. But a Walt Kelly character already used the name, so it was changed.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WorkingTitle: The original title for the film was "The Glob", ''The Glob'', hence why the characters never actually call it a "blob" in the story. But a Walt Kelly character already used the name, so it was changed. Other titles included ''Absorbine Senior'', ''The Night of the Creeping Dead'' and ''The Glob That Girdled the Globe''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original title for the film was "The Glob", hence why the characters never actually call it a "blob" in the story. But a Walt Kelly character already used the name, so it was changed.
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* TheDanza: Steve [=McQueen=] plays...Steve Andrews.
* DawsonCasting: The "teens" are all obviously way too old. The 28-year-old Steve [=McQueen=] looks particularly out of place as a high school student who needs to sneak out of his parents' house. He could easily pass for a man in his 30s. It's not immediately apparent how old his character is supposed to be, making some of the early scenes very strange.

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* TheDanza: Steve [=McQueen=] Creator/SteveMcQueenActor plays...Steve Andrews.
* DawsonCasting: The "teens" are all obviously way too old. The 28-year-old Steve [=McQueen=] Creator/SteveMcQueenActor looks particularly out of place as a high school student who needs to sneak out of his parents' house. He could easily pass for a man in his 30s. It's not immediately apparent how old his character is supposed to be, making some of the early scenes very strange.



* OldShame: Steve [=McQueen=] apparently did not think highly of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.

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* OldShame: Steve [=McQueen=] Creator/SteveMcQueenActor apparently did not think highly of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.
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* DawsonCasting: 28-year-old Steve [=McQueen=] as a high school student.

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* DawsonCasting: The "teens" are all obviously way too old. The 28-year-old Steve [=McQueen=] looks particularly out of place as a high school student.student who needs to sneak out of his parents' house. He could easily pass for a man in his 30s. It's not immediately apparent how old his character is supposed to be, making some of the early scenes very strange.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
** Denmark: ''The Killer from the Sky''
** Finland: ''Dripping Death''
** France: ''Planetary Danger''
** Greece: ''Invasion from an Unknown Planet''
** Italy: ''Deadly Fluid''
** Japan: ''Absolute Crisis''
** Sweden: ''The Danger from the Sky''
** Turkey: ''Growing Monster''


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* TheForeignSubtitle:
** Belgium and Canada: ''The Blob: Terror Without a Name''
** Poland: ''The Blob: An Alien Killer''
** Romania: ''The Blob: Devouring Gelatinous Mass''
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* OldShame: Steve [=McQueen=] apparently did not think of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.

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* OldShame: Steve [=McQueen=] apparently did not think highly of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.
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* OldShame: Steve [=McQueen=] apparently did not think of this movie near the end of his life, and refused to discuss it in interviews.
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* ReferencedBy:
** [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens B.O.B.]] is a CaptainErsatz {{expy}} of the Blob.
** The Appetizer from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' also seems to be a reference to the Blob.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Despite it being by far his best-known work, director Irvin Yeaworth Jr. didn't think much of the film, and was far prouder of the series of independently-produced religious films he subsequently made with Billy Graham.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently, Steve's girlfriend later [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow took a teaching job in Mayberry.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently, Steve's girlfriend later [[TheAndyGriffithShow took a teaching job in Mayberry.]]

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently, Steve's girlfriend later [[TheAndyGriffithShow [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow took a teaching job in Mayberry.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently, Steve's girlfriend later [[TheAndyGriffithShow took a teaching job in Mayberry.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Steve's girlfriend is [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Helen Crump]].
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* TheDanza: Steve [=McQueen=] plays...Steve Andrews.
* DawsonCasting: 28-year-old Steve [=McQueen=] as a high school student.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Steve's girlfriend is [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Helen Crump]].
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