Slime monsters

Slime monsters are creatures that are made out of, well... slime. Slime comes in all different forms, volumes and colors, many of which possess other endearing qualities as well, such as acidic touch or high levels of toxicity. Slime monsters are a fun and popular type of creature that has oozed it's way into nearly every form of speculative fiction. Whether it be a feature film, a television series, a cartoon, comic or video game, there is always a chance that some giant rampaging hunk of snot will pop up to make an appearance.

In film, the most famous slime monster of them all is the amoeba-like space glop known as the Blob, which was the fetured antagonist of the 1958 movie (appropriately titled) The Blob. This red gelatinous thing terrorized a small rural Pennsylvania town in the summer of 1957, swallowing up people, pets and super-markets. Teenager Steve Andrews fortunately had the foresight to gather some friends and arm them with fire extinguisher, which they used to freeze the blob into place, ultimately killing it.

The film was remade in 1988, also called The Blob, and featured a similar creature that began sliming it's way across Arborville, California. This film altered the back story of the blob, making it the byproduct of a Cold War-era biological weapon gone wrong (have any of them ever gone right?). This creature consumed all forms of matter, slowly disintegrating it with it's touch. Even children were not safe from it's lethal fattiness. As before, this blob seemed to suffer vulnerability to cold temperatures. In the end, the heroes detonate a snow blower packed with liquid nitrogen containers that flash freezes the creature.