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Hellraiser’s David Bruckner reimagining The Blob for Warner Bros.

January 10, 2024 by Matt Rodgers

A reimagining of horror-classic The Blob is bubbling away at Warner Bros., and they’ve tasked Hellraiser and The Night House filmmaker David Bruckner with writing and directing the film.  According to The Wrap, Bruckner will bring the amorphous shape to the big-screen for a third time. The original was released in 1958 and featured Steve […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Top Stories Tagged With: David Bruckner, The Blob, Warner Bros.

Shout Factory is bringing The Blob to 4K Ultra HD

August 2, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Shout Factory has announced director Chuck Russell’s cult 1988 horror The Blob is heading to 4K Ultra HD this October with an all-new 4K remaster; check out the cover artwork and details below… SEE ALSO: Madison Iseman stars in trailer for Chuck Russell’s Witchboard remake The Blob is back in this horrific tale about a […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Physical Media Tagged With: Chuck Russell, The Blob

Horror Movies With Unbelievable Practical Gore Effects

April 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos serves up a slice of practical gore effects… Computer-generated imagery, or CGI, has gotten a bad rep these days from film school dropout channels that believe the older way of creating is inherently better. No matter the flaws in their arguments, though, they do raise a point that, without proper rendering, CGI has […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: Alien, An American Werewolf in London, BrainDead, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Hellraiser, Marvelous Videos, slither, society, the beast within, The Blob, The Dark Crystal, The Fly, The Thing

Horror Movie Remakes That Did Justice to the Originals

March 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos with a selection of great horror movie remakes… Remakes and reboots get a bad rep. When you have an established product that resonated with a lot of people, it can be hard to replicate that feeling. Most of the time, it seems studios try to compensate for the lack of charm with more […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: Cape Fear, Carrie, Fright Night, house of wax, Let Me In, Marvelous Videos, The Blob, The Fly, The Hills Have Eyes, thirteen ghosts

Concept art from Rob Zombie’s abandoned remake of The Blob

September 2, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Back in 2009, after he’d finished up with his Halloween remake, it was reported that musician-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie would be turning his attention to another classic horror, signing on to direct a remake of 1958’s The Blob (which was itself remade in 1988). The movie never came to fruition, but now thanks to artist Alex Horley (via […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Rob Zombie, The Blob

Halle Berry reportedly set to star in The Blob remake

June 2, 2017 by Gary Collinson

It’s been a long time since we’ve heard word on the planned remake of the 1958 sci-fi cult classic The Blob, but now it seems that we may have a new addition to the cast, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that Halle Berry is attached to star in the long-gestating remake. In January of 2015, it […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Halle Berry, The Blob

Samuel L. Jackson joins The Blob remake

May 14, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

The Hollywood Reporter has broke the news that Samuel L. Jackson is set to join the cast of The Blob, the new remake of the 1958 sci-fi classic which featured Steve McQueen. Simon West (Con Air) is directing the new version, which would see Jackson play a bio-chemistry professor who tries desperately to stop the […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Samuel L. Jackson, The Blob

Simon West says his remake of The Blob is “Alien meets Predator”

March 10, 2015 by Luke Owen

It was revealed last month that Simon West (Con Air) would be taking on the next big screen remake of The Blob, which he looks to get underway once the promotional tour for Wild Card is out of the way. He’s also got plans to take his version away from previous attempts. “[It] takes a […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Simon West, The Blob

The Expendables 2 director to remake The Blob

January 22, 2015 by William Fanelli

The Blob freaked people out in 1958 as it moved through town devouring everything that crossed its path. I know, sounds scary doesn’t it? Now it’s back to do it all again in a remake of the old sci-fi classic, set to be helmed by The Expendables 2 director Simon West. West should prove to […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, William Fanelli Tagged With: Simon West, The Blob

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