Continuity mistake: When everyone is running out of the theater, a woman with a red belt and yellow purse can be seen exiting with the other terrified patrons. A few seconds later, the exact same woman is seen running out of the theater again.
The Blob (1958)
1 continuity mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr.
Starring: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland
Continuity mistake: When everyone is running out of the theater, a woman with a red belt and yellow purse can be seen exiting with the other terrified patrons. A few seconds later, the exact same woman is seen running out of the theater again.
Steve Andrews: You sure you want to go with me?
Jane Martin: Yes.
Steve Andrews: I wouldn't give much for our chances, us running around in the middle of the night, looking for something that if we found it, it might kill us.
Question: At the end of the movie, we see the frozen blob dropped from an airplane over Antarctica using three large cargo parachutes, where hopefully it will remain frozen forever. My question is... If the goal was to destroy the blob, why did they bother wasting parachutes on it? Why not just kick it out of the plane and let it splat when it hits the ground?
Answer: It could shatter into a million pieces. Even the most microscopic piece could float away to international waters, thaw out, and go on a rampage again. It needed to stay intact. Not one piece should get away. The Blob wasn't dead; it was frozen.