When I was a wee lad of about 8 years old, I was terrified of the scene when the Blob latches onto the old man's hand. That old man really sold the pain.

Upon my latest re-watch, I noticed that this has just about the cutest dog I've ever seen. The little guy is smarter than all of the humans put together. Steve McQueen tries to pull off a teenager when he is clearly in his late 20s or maybe even 30.

The blob effect is really cool but it does suffer from scale problems. It is always in isolated shots. No one is ever shown near it. There is a matte painting that shows it engulfing a diner but it's one of the worst I've ever seen.

I wonder what the Blob actually is? It's alien, but how did it get inside the meteor? Was the meteor some sort of egg? Could it have wormed it's way into the meteor and then hollowed it out? Was it cast into space after some collision? Is it a bio-weapon from a malevolent force somewhere in the galaxy? Geez...who knows. It's kind of neat that none of those questions are answered or even really asked.