Posted Wed Jun 29, 2016 at 06:00 AM PDT by Tom Landy
"The film J.R. shot" is coming to Blu-ray in September.
In an early announcement to retailers, Kino will be releasing 'Beware! The Blob' on Blu-ray on September 20.
Newly Re-mastered in HD! The Blob returns... more outrageous than ever in this 1972 sequel to the popular sci-fi classic! Plenty of familiar faces, including Robert Walker Jr. (Ensign Pulver), Larry Hagman (Dallas), Sid Haig (Busting), Burgess Meredith (Rocky), Dick Van Patten (Eight is Enough), Godfrey Cambridge (Cotton Comes to Harlem), Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shirley), Carole Lynley (The Poseidon Adventure), Gerrit Graham (Used Cars) and Shelley Berman (You Don t Mess with the Zohan) add to the fun. A geologist (Cambridge) unwittingly brings home an unusual frozen piece of debris from the North Pole. But when it accidentally thaws, the hungrier-than-ever Blob comes to life again, consuming nearly everyone in its path and terrorizing the town. No one is safe as it crawls into a bowling alley, oozes its way across an ice rink, becoming grotesquely bloated with the blood of its victims... can this bizarre creature ever be stopped? TV legend Larry Hagman directed this cult classic, the only feature film he ever directed upon its 1980s re-release, the film was tagged "The Film that J.R. Shot!"
Specs haven't been revealed yet, but supplements include: Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Harland Smith; Alternate Title Sequence; and Trailers.
You can find the latest specs for 'Beware! The Blob' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under September 20.
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