Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)

THE BLOB (1988) Makeup Designer & Supervisor Tony Gardner and crew rig stunt actor Bobby Porter for his demise as the melting Eddie character in the sewer set of Chuck Russell's 1988 re-make of "The Blob."

Del Close, Tony Gardner, Shawn McEnroe, and Mike Smithson in The Blob (1988)

Jeffrey DeMunn and Tony Gardner in The Blob (1988)

Billy Beck and Tony Gardner in The Blob (1988)

Andrew Kenworthy and Michael Maddi in The Blob (1988)

Andrew Kenworthy and Bobby Porter in The Blob (1988)

Michael Kenworthy and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)

Tony Gardner and Bobby Porter in The Blob (1988)

Makeup Effects Supervisor preps the "melting Donovan Leitch" animatronic puppet for it's closeup while Director Chuck Russell looks on.

THE BLOB Makeup effects artist Mike Smithson (L) finalizes the prosthetic makeup while Makeup Effects Supervisor Tony Gardner (R) adds the lace hairpieces to actor Del Close as Reverend Meeker for the Chuck Russell helmed film "The Blob."

Douglas Emerson, Michael Kenworthy, and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)

Shawnee Smith and Donovan Leitch Jr. in The Blob (1988)

Kevin Dillon, Paul McCrane, Joe Seneca, and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)

Kevin Dillon, Candy Clark, Jeffrey DeMunn, Joe Seneca, Shawnee Smith, and Donovan Leitch Jr. in The Blob (1988)

Erika Eleniak, Kevin Dillon, Ricky Paull Goldin, Joe Seneca, and Shawnee Smith in The Blob (1988)