FILMFACTS

TRIVIA

The Blob Trivia

1988

“

Scream now, while you can still breathe!

Trivia

Don't let go...

Totally Trivia

Film facts for the 1988 Horror / Occult movie starring Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Joe Seneca, Jeffrey DeMunn

Candy Clark, Art LaFleur, Paul McCrane, Del Close, Donovan Leitch, Sharon Spelman, Beau Billingslea, Art LaFleur, Ricky Paull Goldin, Robert Axelrod Update Cast

We believe the following trivia is all legit. If it's bogus or you have additional info, please update us.

Thanks to Hank

Update

The 1988 remake of "The Blob" was shot partially in the small South Louisiana town of Abbeville (population roughly 12,000), located around fifty miles from the Gulf of Mexico. In the film, the city is called "Arborville," and the location is Northern California. In "The Blob," the city of Arborville is a small ski resort town that relies on heavily on tourism to keep itself in the black. In the movie, the residents and shopkeepers are nearing panic waiting for the year's first snow, and signs that read "THINK SNOW" dot the city streets. After the crew wrapped up filming in Louisiana, Abbeville received it's first snow in nearly twenty years.

Rewind Archive

Update

Snub-nosed actor Kevin Dillon (Brian Flagg) is the brother of Matt Dillon, and had a semi-regular role on "NYPD Blue".

Rewind Archive

Update

Joe Seneca (Dr. Meddows) once sang with a group called The Three Riffs, and wrote songs such as "Talk to Me", sung by Little Willie John. He died in 1996 of coronary arrest.

Thanks to Peter Baldinger

Update

Joe Seneca can also be seen in Walter Hills "Crossroads" (1986) in a leading role as a bluesharmonica player.

Rewind Archive

Update

Donovan Leitch, Jr. (Paul Taylor) is the son of pop singer Donovan Leitch, and was once married to Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs.

Rewind Archive

Update

Candace "Candy" Clark (Fran) was nominated for an Oscar for her role in American Graffiti, and was once the live-in girlfriend of Jeff Bridges.

Rewind Archive

Update

Pons Maar (of Return to Oz and The American Scream) has a small role in The Blob - he plays the grouchy manager of the movie theater.

Thanks to Jason B

Update

The butthead deputy sherrif "Bill Briggs" is played by the same actor who plays "Dr. Robert Romano" in the TV show "ER", Paul McCrane.

Thanks to Adam

Update

Actor Jamison Newlander, who had a cameo as a cinema usher can also be seen as one of the 'Frog Brothers', the over-confident young vampire killers from the movie "The Lost Boys". (The other Frog Brother was, of course, actor Corey Feldman).

Thanks to Terry Watkins

Update

Director Chuck Russell was the man responsible for putting the "comedy" in Freddy Krueger for 1987's "A Nightmare On Elm St. 3 -The Dream Warriors". He also Made 1994's "The Mask" more comedic. The original script was very violent.

Thanks to Tony Goytia

Update

Douglass Emerson went on later to appear in Beverly Hills 90210. He is Brian Austin Green who accidently shoots himself with a gun.

Thanks to George Rontiris

Update

Kevin Dillon also plays Johnny "Drama" Chase on the HBO show "Entourage".

Thanks to Phantom Planet

Update

Shawnee Smith can also be seen as the ditzy 'Linda' in the Emmy award-winning comedy sitcom 'Becker'. She also appears alongside John Candy in the film "Who's Harry Crumb?".

Thanks to &Quot;BEL&Quot;

Update

Paul McCrane, who played the Deputy, was also the robber at the gas station in the "Robocop" movie.

Thanks to Erum

Update

Kevin Dillon, also part of Charlie Sheen's platoon in the film of the same name, rides two 60's Triumph motorcycles in the film. A 500cc twin cylinder Tiger which turns into a 200cc single cylinder Tiger Cub for the stunt jump at the end. The irony is, 50's 'Blob' star, Steve Mcqueen's favorite bike make was Triumph too.

Thanks to Tara

Update

Meg's little brother, who is played by Michael Kenworthy, is also the little brother on Return of the Living Dead II.

Thanks to Jim Mitchell

Update

This remake was filmed in Abbeville, Louisiana (near Lafayette, LA) which, every November, gets together to keep a tradition of making an omelette big enough to feed the entire town. They use thousands of eggs and hundreds of pounds of other ingredients. So, you could say that they make a huge blob there every year.

Thanks to Terry Watkins

Update

Actor Ricky Paull Goldin who played Scott Jeske went on to be a very popular Daytime soap opera star appearing as a regular for three different stints on "Another World" in the 1990's, he joined the cast of Daytime's "Guiding Light" in April 2001. Douglas Emerson who played Kevin's friend, Eddie, was an original cast member of "Beverly Hills 90210", he played Scott Scanlon for one season. Erika Eleniak who played Vicki DeSoto, became a Playboy Playmate in 1989, she would later go on to do a few seasons of "Baywatch" and play Ellie May in the 1993 "Beverly Hillbillies" Movie. Michael Kenworthy who played Kevin Penny, Meg's Little Brother, also starred in "Return Of The Living Dead Part II" released the same year.

Thanks to Grobe23

Update

Shawnee Smith went on to feature in Stephen King's "The Stand" and as Amanda in the "Saw" series.

Thanks to LoverswithCassie

Update

Look closely for an uncredited Chuck Russell as a theatre patron.

Thanks to Jody T

Update

Towards the end of the blob movie, Shawnee is shooting at the blob and yells.. "c'mon you can do better than that!" Kevin Dillon also shouts this same line as he is shooting at the vietcong in the movie Platoon made a couple years earlier.

Add more trivia...

Bogus Trivia

There's often fake stuff floating round, y'know? -Like the 'ghost boy' that can allegedly be seen in "Three Men And A Baby".

But, nothing bogus that we know yet for "The Blob".

Next: Behind The Scenes

Or use the menu to navigate

1988 TriStar Pictures
1999-2020 fast-rewind.com
V4_27 Powered by Rewind C21 CMS