Tag: Jack H. Harris

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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BR: Blob, The (1988)

BR: Blob, The (1988)

December 1, 2014 | By

Highly underrated remake of a sci-fi classic that doesn’t attempt to improve upon nor present a radically upgraded interpretation, this 1988 version of The Blob is both an homage and a tongue-in-cheek retelling of the core story from producer Jack H. Harris’ 1958 film in which teens rescue a town from an alien glob of pink goo that absorbs its victims and just keeps growing…

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DVD: Beware! The Blob / Son of the Blob (1972)

DVD: Beware! The Blob / Son of the Blob (1972)

December 1, 2014 | By

After the success of the original Blob (1958), producer Jack H. Harris had a story for a sequel, but it wasn’t filmed until 1972, long after the rights to the first film flipped back from Paramount to the film’s original right holders, and when strangely enough, Harris’ Malibu neighbour, Larry Hagman, was interested in the film project…

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