This weekend is the annual BLOB Fest in Phoenixville, PA. Location is
at the acutal theater used in the original film THE BLOB. Which was
film right here in PA in Yellow Springs, Chester County [who hold
their own Blob Fest and you can see some the Studios builds, equipment
and stills from their films....you can see pics from last years event
at: http://www.scifislacker.com/blob_fest/blob_fest.shtml ]
Friday, July 15 at 9:30 will be the re-enactment of the running of the
Blob....the theater gets filled to the gills and everyone runs out as
if the Blob is after them! [I am heading to this just for the Photo
ops]. This event is FREE.
Saturday, July 16 there will be a street fair at noon, costume contest
[being judged by Kira Schon of Night of the Living Dead], big screen
showings of THE BLOB, Ghost In The Invisible Bikini and 9pm a Double
Feature of Robot Monster in AMAZING 2D and THE BLOB. Wes Shank and the
BLOB itself will be there to.
More details for Blob Fest 2005 at:
http://www.thecolonialtheatre.com/html/BlobFest.html