The original Blob was released 30 years ago this year. The producers of the 1988 version promise that due to modern special-effects technology, the Blob is now meaner, faster, and biggerand shoots out tendrils to catch its prey. Coproducer Jack Harris produced the original, too; Del Close, who appeared in 1974’s Son of Blob as a hippie farmer, plays the local preacher this time. With Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, and Candy Clark.