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Movies that feel like The Blob (1958)

If you loved The Blob, the closest films we have are The Fly (1958), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957). All three share The Blob's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.

🍅 68% Rotten Tomatoes6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.dreadunsettlingcerebralawewistful
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The Fly
1958 · dir. Kurt Neumann
🍅 95%7.1science fiction · horror · drama

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.

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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · dir. Jack Arnold
🍅 81%6.9adventure · horror · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: monster

The difference: Not nearly as awestruck as The Blob

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.

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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957 · dir. Edward D. Wood Jr.
🍅 66%3.9science fiction · horror

Horror built on ideas, twice over

The difference: Missing the awe of The Blob

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

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Phase IV
1974 · dir. Saul Bass
🍅 50%6.4horror · science fiction

Science fiction with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

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Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · dir. James Whale
🍅 98%7.8horror · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: halloween

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1930s show

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.

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The Thing from Another World
1951 · dir. Christian Nyby
🍅 87%7drama · horror · science fiction

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Blob does

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

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Son of Frankenstein
1939 · dir. Rowland V. Lee
🍅 95%7horror · science fiction

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · dir. Don Siegel
🍅 97%7.7science fiction · horror · thriller

Common ground: small town life

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Blob does

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

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Sputnik
2020 · dir. Egor Abramenko
🍅 88%6.4science fiction · drama · horror

Awestruck horror in both cases

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…

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Phantasm
1979 · dir. Don Coscarelli
🍅 72%6.6horror · science fiction

Dread-soaked science fiction in both cases

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

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Seconds
1966 · dir. John Frankenheimer
🍅 79%7.6science fiction · thriller · horror

Both sit in the same unsettling register

An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.

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Dracula
1958 · dir. Terence Fisher
🍅 89%7.2horror

Horror of the same temperament

After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.

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