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The Films of Jack H. Harris, Part 1: The Blob and its unlikely spawn

The Films of Jack H. Harris, Part 1: The Blob and its unlikely spawn

December 1, 2014 | By

First of a multi-part retrospective on producer Jack H. Harris starting with the original 1958 production of The Blob + its 1972 sequel, the 1988 remake (new on Blu from Twilight Time), Mario Bava’s fun Blob riff, Caltiki (1959) + respective soundtrack reviews.

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DVD: Blob, The (1958)

DVD: Blob, The (1958)

December 1, 2014 | By

The Blob is one of those sci-fi films several generations grew up watching on TV, scaring fans when they were kids, and providing good laughs from the movie’s bountiful clichés, and seeing 27 year old Steve McQueen earning his rent money playing a high school teenager…

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CD: Blob (and other creepy sounds), The (1958)

CD: Blob (and other creepy sounds), The (1958)

December 1, 2014 | By

Mention The Blob and the first sounds likely playing in your brain come from the film’s theme song, co-crafted by a young Burt Bacharach and performed by The Five Blobs (who else?), and while not deep or sophisticated – the lyrics are goofy, mouth pops punctuate the catch-phrase “Be-ware of the Blob” – like any evil music, it worms its way into your subconscious, ensuring that even while you’re sleeping, that looped tune will be the first thing to which you wake up…

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CD: It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

CD: It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

March 13, 2014 | By

Right from the urgent Main Title with its twirling brass and an unwavering sense of urgency, It! Just grabs the listener the way most classic B-movies were supposed to: hard, fast, and keeping the audience hypnotized and hungry for blood when nothing was happening (and maybe didn’t)…

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CD: She Demons (1958) / Astounding She-Monster, The (1957)

CD: She Demons (1958) / Astounding She-Monster, The (1957)

December 3, 2013 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / S . Rating: Excellent Label: Monstrous Movie Music/ Released: April 10, 2013 Tracks & Album Length: 53 tracks / (57:29) . Special Notes: 20-page colour booklet with liner notes by David Schecter. . Composers: Nicholas Carras / Guenther Kauer . . Review: MMM’s couplet themed around female invaders / demons […]

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