tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384532812750538348.post2591171587394646480..comments2024-01-16T18:02:06.662-05:00Comments on Alan Loewen: Author, Storyteller, Dreamer: Beware the Blob (1972): A ReviewAlan Loewenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458031072623577108noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384532812750538348.post-65518449143434353172015-06-19T15:51:47.636-04:002015-06-19T15:51:47.636-04:00I remember this piece of crap, though I'd some...I remember this piece of crap, though I'd somehow forgotten Burgess Meredith of all people was in it. He seems to have ended up like R.G. Armstrong, another actor who seemed to be a villain (and usually a devil worshipper) in most of those 70's horror films.<br /><br />"Even more interesting is that Close went on to play the role of Rev. Meeker in the 1988 version of The Blob and in his bio stated he did so because he wanted to express his contempt of the Christian clergy."<br /><br />Given what little I remember of his (and everyone else's) performance in that movie -- which made SON OF BLOB look like FORBIDDEN PLANET in comparison -- I wonder if he meant to say 'express his contempt for acting'.<br /><br />Ardashirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00158869983724325467noreply@blogger.com