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The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Chuck Russell's 1988 Remake of The Blob

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Chuck Russell's 1988 Remake of The Blob

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Like his A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Chuck Russell’s The Blob offers a new take on a famous monster. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the ghoul is Freddy Krueger. In The Blob, the menace is extraterrestrial, a rampaging force the color of Pepto Bismol.

In the 1958 original, the titular monster was from outer space. In the …

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