The Blob (1958) Filming Locations & Special Event Colonial Theatre Run Out !

0:13 the serenity of a cool crisp

0:13 Pennsylvania stream but do not let the

0:16 peacefulness and beauty fool you because

0:21 since 1958

0:23 a horror has loomed over this community

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0:36 don't be alarmed that's just a blu-ray

0:40 welcome everyone Adam the Wu here today

0:45 I will be delving deep down the rabbit

0:48 hole in and around the small town of

0:51 Phoenixville looking searching and

0:54 hopefully not finding the creature we

0:58 all know and some love some are afraid

1:02 of the blob join me shall you when it

1:08 comes to this subject matter one must

1:11 start off with the historic colonial

1:13 theater I'm beginning the video with

1:16 this and most likely we'll be ending my

1:19 favorite thing about this is they have

1:21 recreated a lettering on the marquee as

1:23 it was 60 years ago and replaced the

1:26 banners give it up for air conditioning

1:30 I'd like to do an impromptu filming

1:32 location tour around the area but who

1:35 can I find locally to help me out and

1:38 possibly someone who's really into films

1:41 the question is where oh where can I

1:44 find such a person no it's like might be

1:48 jammed hello and welcome to the set of a

1:54 sickness media library we have plenty of

1:57 VHS more DVDs than your local

2:00 blockbuster ever had one blu-rays we

2:03 have hundreds and for you video files

2:05 the latest in 4k even an old-school

2:09 format beta to the max this stuff is

2:14 awesome there's a little bit of

2:15 everything in here so cool it's a sir

2:20 please don't touch that

2:22 some old

2:22 cool Disney I love that Epcot and all

2:25 the live-action

2:27 clamshell boxes some of these are pretty

2:29 tough to find just a few laser discs

2:32 super 8 8 millimeter 35 millimeter

2:37 didn't even notice at first but all

2:39 along the rafters they're stuffed tucked

2:42 away way up there I'm all researched up

2:44 let's roll the grocery store in the film

2:49 is now a Dollar General divided into two

2:51 sections the front door would have been

2:54 right around here now this part is

2:58 closed now and that is where the meat

3:01 locker in the back the cooler where The

3:03 Blob used underneath the open area

3:07 happened here's a screenshot of the

3:09 townfolk and Steve McQueen trying to let

3:12 them know what's going on you'll see the

3:14 fire truck in the shot they would have

3:16 all been congregated right here in this

3:20 parking lot

3:20 facing the grocery store very tough to

3:23 see but I have the camera peeking in the

3:25 window you can see they left the facade

3:27 wall that has been built separating the

3:29 two shops but there used to be grocery

3:33 store aisles this section of the

3:34 premises however still use for retail my

3:37 calculations are correct past that new

3:40 wall is where the cooler would have been

3:43 you see anything blob related in here no

3:45 not really you all right man you all

3:52 right that's a snack that me it's a

3:55 snack pack oh where the townfolk are

3:58 rounding the corner of that building on

4:01 the right of this photo is down at the

4:04 bottom of this hill near the end of this

4:08 sidewalk the light poles have been

4:10 changed over the years but they are in

4:12 the appropriate spot the only major

4:15 difference when it comes to the woodwork

4:19 here it's been repainted you can see

4:21 it's a dark brown current-day I believe

4:25 back in 58 it was a lighter color with

4:29 all the townfolk but of rau

4:30 that very corner gonna walk up these

4:33 stairs now and get an overview of where

4:37 it happened in the empty lot you see

4:41 straight ahead there was a building that

4:43 you could see in the shot but they want

4:47 to all been running right along there

4:49 and then turned this corner straight up

4:55 this hill

5:08 these old bridges always remind me of

5:08 beetlejuice

5:09 the property of the diner looks

5:10 considerably different the premises is

5:14 the same but the facade has changed they

5:18 moved the old one and rebuilt a totally

5:21 different one on the same location

5:23 however the basement underneath this

5:26 still exists my best educated guess is

5:29 this stairwell and that door leads into

5:32 the former basement to see down there

5:34 it's a little bit of water standing but

5:37 through there it's where the blob was

5:40 look closely it looks as if part of it

5:43 is oozing through that vent cover right

5:46 there look there it is inside now it

5:50 looks pretty similar obviously not the

5:52 same building but you know it's still a

5:55 typical old-school diner still get that

5:57 still get that vibe designated on this

5:59 marker board check that out

6:02 soup of the day is chicken orzo or clam

6:06 chowder taking a look at the menu here

6:08 and I think inside there are some

6:10 certain sandwiches designated what page

6:13 was that on oh there it is special blob

6:16 sandwiches quite a few on the list there

6:19 a little blotch there showed on the sign

6:22 as well open 24 hours the Downingtown

6:25 diner and I did ask to go down below

6:30 they promptly told me no did get a

6:34 little daring however I got our photo

6:35 down at that

6:37 at the bottom of the stairwell that's as

6:40 close as I want to get made it up the

6:42 road a bit to the Yellow Springs library

6:44 and I'm noticing here on the side of the

6:47 building Hollywood in Pickering Creek

6:50 and there's a photo here that's Steve

6:54 McQueen down there which means somewhere

6:56 around this premises were the interior

6:59 shots in the studio that's awesome not

7:02 only did he stay on site but he also

7:05 honeymooned out here I did not know that

7:09 it was a little bit more information

7:10 good news productions occupied this

7:13 whole area from 52 to 74 and they are

7:16 designating three different spots studio

7:19 a Studio C and Studio B and Studio B is

7:26 that burned down area you see the

7:29 fireman putting out the flames there at

7:33 the base you'd see some little rock

7:35 formations those are still standing and

7:40 after further investigation I'm thinking

7:44 that these were living accommodations

7:47 and they didn't film anything inside

7:49 their Studio B is accessible to just

7:53 step over the top of that formation and

7:56 we are inside movie history pretty

8:04 freakin cool

8:05 originally it was a Revolutionary War

8:08 Hospital before Hollywood came a-callin

8:20 ICU artistic rendering of studio a from

8:20 back in the olden days and modern day

8:24 still looks the same I was just informed

8:26 that studio C housed the interiors of

8:29 the police station which you see

8:32 directly before me the interesting thing

8:35 is right next to it is the real live

8:38 West Pike hland Township police station

8:41 they still do productions Pennsylvania

8:43 Academy of Fine Arts it's still active

8:48 this day at the time this was also a

8:50 sound recording I'm not a hundred

8:53 percent sure if right up here was that

8:56 they're back in the day but this is one

8:59 of the rooms right here and they are

9:00 currently practicing for a future play

9:03 moving right along

9:05 in reality all of these spots are about

9:07 a 30-mile radius they're not all in the

9:10 same exact area get to travel just a

9:13 little bit the office of dr. Howlin

9:16 stands before me this is where the youth

9:21 pulled up with the older gentleman who

9:23 had a bit of the blob on his arm their

9:27 car would have pulled up and parked

9:29 right there and they would have escorted

9:31 him in to the front doors and your

9:36 friend he likes being scratched there's

9:39 the front doors and there's where the

9:43 doctors sign would have been mounted

9:45 right there on that post to see the

9:47 porch used to be a much lighter color

9:49 than it is now

9:51 it's been over painted green current day

9:55 the building itself has been here since

9:57 1890 the owner is kind enough to let me

10:01 up on the porch and get a little a

10:04 little better view Herbie the lovebug

10:06 that's a that's a clever name I like

10:08 that great tunes great to meet you

10:11 Herbie the real mystery is which exact

10:13 window did he get attacked at there are

10:16 two of them that look very similar in

10:19 the brickwork to the left are the same

10:22 so it could be the long one on the left

10:26 or the shorter one on the right but in

10:30 one of these two

10:31 the doc met his demise samuel k berkeley

10:35 school you'll notice down here on the

10:38 ground is a sidewalk they use this as a

10:42 driveway what you would think to be a

10:44 road is where they pulled a vehicle up

10:48 and also in this little corridor leading

10:52 to these doors a rock was grabbed off

10:56 the ground in this section and used to

10:59 smash the window of the former doors

11:02 that were right here notice the

11:05 brickwork and concrete lining along the

11:08 wall that still remains as they climb

11:12 those very steps and their vehicle would

11:16 have been stationed right about there at

11:19 first glance I thought the signage was

11:21 going to state

11:22 do not throw rocks through our window

11:24 but alas they say something totally

11:26 different it's no longer open for

11:28 business sitting here more or less

11:30 abandoned but this is the mechanic shop

11:33 for the guy working on the car did not

11:36 see it coming he was attacked viciously

11:41 in order to match it up pay close

11:43 attention to those two windows in the

11:46 background into the far right past the

11:48 windows can barely see it behind the

11:51 toolboxes is a door peeking into the

11:54 window now you can see what was in that

11:55 photo there's the door

11:58 and there's the two windows and the

12:03 gentlemen under the car was right there

12:06 on the floor right about near that pole

12:10 would be the perfect place for an oil

12:11 change

12:12 that is if you don't want to get

12:14 devoured by some sort of creature the

12:18 line has formulated for those who have

12:21 tickets to the run out and it stretches

12:23 back a very long distance car Ford

12:27 pinball machine and look up here it's

12:30 been fee

12:31 adequately in case you were wondering

12:34 there will be absolutely no alcohol for

12:37 the run-outs and for good reason rub me

12:40 for good luck all right it says - I'm

12:43 gonna I'm out of rub yes I'm rubbing it

12:47 through this wall in the year 1958 the

12:51 blob brought the monster into the movie

12:54 theater that is where it crept through

12:56 the holes I've always wanted to see this

12:59 in person I always wonder what it would

13:00 look like to turn around from your seats

13:02 and see that monster using through the

13:05 wall

13:22 the actual projector ring where the

13:22 projectionist in the film is attacked

13:26 this is pretty amazing I absolutely love

13:29 being in here this movie history here at

13:33 the Colonial Theatre tucked away over

13:35 here in the corner is a little photo op

13:37 all you have to do is just stick your

13:40 head or heads through those holes we're

13:45 now inside the belly of the beast kind

13:48 of sticky

13:50 I was worried like Axe body spray

13:56 through the gooeyness it is exuding

14:00 illumination I think this one swallowed

14:03 some Christmas lights

14:05 it's a LEGO version of the old man that

14:07 had his hand consumed by the smaller

14:10 version of this it's a full-on Lego

14:14 theater you can see what's gonna happen

14:16 shortly to run out right down there and

14:20 over here is a recreation of the diner

14:23 that is pretty cool

15:06 insufficient address instead our offices

15:06 but now we can return to tender 1958 60

15:11 years ago

15:12 thank you to get for you Oh

15:32 Toby

16:41 the police have been called thanks for

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The Blob (1958) Filming Locations & Special Event Colonial Theatre Run Out !

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