Dr. Christopher Meddows

Dr. Christopher Meddows, is the main antagonist in the 1988 remake of The Blob. He is a military scientest who created the Blob in the first place, and set it loose on the town of Arborville.

He is protrayed by Joe Seneca.

Character history
Dr. Meddows is the scientest that led the military operation to have the Blob created in hopes to have it combat the Russians in the cold war. After the Blob was created, Meddows decided to test it by having fired into space in a man made capsule vaugley resembleing a meteor, and have it land in the town. The meteor landed on the outskirts of Arborville, where it began it's rampage. Two teenagers, Brian Flagg and Meg Penny had a number of encounters with the cerature before first encountering Meddows.

Meddows leads the operation to the crash sight, and orders the town to be quarintined,. As the Blob grows larger, more people die off. Meddows explains to Brian and Meg that the operation is about prevention, that he had a theroy that a germ from a meteorite is what killed the dinosaurs. Meddows has Sheriff Briggs take Meg and Brian back into town.

Later, Brian overhears Meddows talking to his assistant Jennings, discovering it's origins and Meddows is planning on having the Blob trapped in the sewers, where Meg is rescuing her brother Kevin and his friend Eddie. Meddows realizes Brian's presance and has his men chase him down, but Brian elludes them in the sewers on his motor cycle. Brian manages to resuce Meg and Kevin, but Eddie is killed. Meddows and his men move into town to enforce the quarintine, and they catch Brian trying to Meg and Kevin out of the sewers, and orders them to be ceiled in.

Shortly after, Brian breaks out with Meg and Kevin. Brian takes a military rifle and confronts Meddows in a mexican standoff infront of the town. Brian reveals the truth to everyone and Meddows tries to convince everyone that Brian is infected and must be killed, but fails. Meddows attempts to shoot Brian himself, but he is distracted and the Blob drags Meddows into the sewers, killing him. The townspeople retreat to town hall, with the military assisting them. They try to fight it off but it begins to gain the upper hand. Brian fights the Blob with a snow maker machine, that has cannisters of liquid nitrogen, and while Meg sets the cannisters off, subdueing the Blob.