Blob, The (1988)

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Synopsis

Dir: Chuck Russell. Horror/Science Fiction. Based on 'The Blob' (1958). A pair of young people (Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon) are among the townspeople who try to survive a strange life form that has started killing people.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence in a horror context - much blood and gore
• Frequent portrayals of frightening scenes, transformations, and nightmarish imagery in a science fiction context - much blood and gore
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol use and smoking in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Struggle to survive
• Mysterious creatures
• Appearance versus reality

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and frightening scenes

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