I was but an action lad when I first saw the 1988 remake of THE BLOB. I don’t remember it being very scary, but it was incredibly messy. It was also my first experience with Kevin Dillon’s mountainous forehead. Fun was had by all.
Well, hold those memories close to your heart because Rob Zombie (Robert? Robin?) has been hired to write, direct and produce another remake, this time without the actual Blob. Now, I’m no movie expert, but if I was going to make a movie titled THE BLOB I would probably put some kind of blobby-whatever in it, but I guess that’s why Mr. Zombie is the artist and I am a dude on the internet. This is what the Zom actually said regarding Blobs, “my intention is not to have a big red blobby thing — that’s the first thing I want to change.”
With that quote, it’s hard to figure out why he chose to direct THE BLOB. My guess is that he’s going to have the Blob be some kind of T-1000 rip-off that assumes the shapes of people. That way, he can turn his imagination completely off and just have his movie be a normal slasheresque flick.
