Blobfest

Fri.-Sun., July 9-11, $5-$10 per event, The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, 610-917-1228, thecolonialtheatre.org.

by Lauren Macaluso

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Published: Jul 7, 2010

In the '80s, Stella "the Maneater from Manayunk" hosted Saturday Night Dead, a late-night program that honored B-rated horror films like Bluebeard and Sugar Hill. This weekend, Stella will pay homage to another horror flick — The Blob. The 1958 film not only gave young Steve McQueen his start but put a small Pennsylvania town on the map. Joined by her butler, Hives, and the Blob itself, Stella will kick off the first event of Phoenixville's Blobfest with its yearly "Running Out" scene re-enactment. The weekend fest is Phoenixville's way of thanking The Blob for terrorizing its residents (most of the movie was filmed on their streets). To honor the role the town played in its production, Blob fanatics run frantically out of the same theater featured in the film — the Colonial — as if the purplish, gooey villain were after them. Other weekend festivities include several screenings of The Blob; an amateur short film contest; a Blob trivia contest; a Q&A with director Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.'s wife, Jean; performances by the monster musical kiddie show Ghoul A-Go-Go; and a Fire Extinguisher Parade. After all, it was the weapon that finally defeated the small town's worst nightmare.

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