History YMMV / TheBlob1988

** Let alone [[Series/Entourage Johnny Chase]] as the other main lead.

** Speaking of which, the Blob itself has a really revolting look since the idea was that it was like an inside-out stomach, hence it’s disgustingly fleshy and veiny look it has despite it supposed to be a slime monster.

** Alien's [[https://youtu.be/1iSSZh86xwg "Brave New Love"]], a nice energetic song played over the ending credits.

* BrokenBase: [[spoiler: Briggs’s]] death for some people. Some are fine with it since the movie already established that AnyoneCanDie and he was [[spoiler: kind of a big asshole towards Brian]] but others feel that in his case it was pretty pointless since it happens right out of nowhere after he starts to redeem himself. You could cut his death scene out of the climax and nothing would be really missing (save for him, of course, but not everyone who lives is shown at the end).
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Christopher [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Meddows]] is a military scientist who specializes in bioweapons. He's inadvertently responsible for developing the Blob by sending the satellite and the proto-Blob sample into space, where it mutated before it fell back down on Earth. He didn't expect it to develop into a ravenous, all-consuming monster, but he is more than pleased at this development and its [[JustThinkOfThePotential military potential]]. He cordons off the town where the Blob has started its spread so he can test its killing potential on all the inhabitants and to [[ForScience perform further experiments on the survivors]]. He's even willing to sacrifice his own men to further his goal, as he orders the sewers blocked off when two of the heroes and one of his men try to escape from the pursuing Blob.]]
* HilariousInHindsight: According to child actor Michael Kenworthy (who played Kevin, Meg's little brother), Douglas Emerson, the boy who played Kevin's friend Eddie, had a typical StageMom: she was always there badgering director Chuck Russell into using her son, demanding he would have more and more screentime. It's amazing that she permitted the events of the film to take place [[spoiler: (seeing as his character gets eaten trying to escape the sewer)]], and what makes it funnier was the fact the movie was not initially very financially successful anyway. [[note]] In case you're wondering, Douglas Emerson went on to be in a handful of films before his career hit its peak with a co-starring role in ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''. After it, he quit acting altogether and joined the military. As of 2021, he's retired from the military. [[/note]]

** In the climax, as the Blob is rampaging through the main street, a man trips and the Blob flattens him. Now, given how gruesome the deaths were up to this point, you’d think that the poor guy was reduced to a gory mess after that (especially since the Blob slammed him HARD) but while it’s brief you can see that he LITERALLY got flattened like a cartoon, [[Series/ElChavoDelOcho not unlike when Sr. Barriga flattened Don Ramon after he didn’t want to pay the rent.]]
** During the Blob’s attack at the theater, while it is overall terrifying, there’s one moment where it looks like a man is DIVING into the Blob. The effect was probably meant to look like he was being pulled into it by its tentacles but the execution looks unintentionally hilarious.

** At the end when [[spoiler:the reverend]] shows that he has a piece of the Blob inside a jar, it’s painfully obvious that his hand is a completely static prop and you can even see the mechanism used to move the small blob inside.

** At end when [[spoiler:the reverend]] shows that he has a piece of the Blob inside a jar, it’s painfully obvious that his hand is a completely static prop and you can even see the mechanism used to move the small blob inside.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPvnWNl9X5g The score by Michael Hoenig]] is also really good, sounding appropriately intense and creepy for a movie as horrifying as this one. At points it sounds like something out of Franchise/ResidentEvil.

** And, if we're being honest...Brian Flagg's hair. I mean seriously.

* AngstWhatAngst: Many characters, most notably Meg, seem to get over watching people being horrifically melted by the blob right in front of them rather fast.
** In fairness, usually when she's seeing said people being eaten, she's trying to avoid being eaten herself or trying to help them. Also, after seeing what happened to poor [[spoiler: Paul]] she has added motivation not to fold up into a crying heap for fear of being the Blob's next meal. She knows how absolutely horrible that death will be.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Alien's "Brave New Love", a nice energetic song played over the ending credits.

* {{Narm}}: Pink is not the color one usually associates with terrifying monsters, and it could undercut the Blob's menace for some viewers. The intent was apparently to make the Blob disgustingly organic, like a living gastrointestinal system.

* NauseaFuel: The deaths are so graphic and full of BodyHorror that it’s not recommended watching the movie with a full stomach.

* RemadeAndImproved: ''Film/TheBlob1958'' is considered a CultClassic, but ''Film/TheBlob1988'' is generally considered to be an improvement, thanks in part to its better special effects and performances.

** Not to mention [[Film/{{Saw}} Amanda Young]] herself, Creator/ShawneeSmith, in her first leading theatrical role.

* VindicatedByHistory: Was a pretty major BoxOfficeBomb at the time, but now a sizable portion of people consider it as good, and maybe even better than the original, partially due to the SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome, and the impressive cast including Dilon, Smith, DeMunn, and Clark.

* NauseaFuel: The deaths are so graphic full of BodyHorror that it’s not recommended watching the movie with a full stomach.

** Not to mention "Amanda Young" herself, Creator/ShawneeSmith, in her first leading theatrical role.