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An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.
Cheryl Smith
- The Model
- (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Samuel W. Gelfman
- Fisherman
- (as Sam Gelfman)
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- TriviaTo achieve the gruesome Melting Man monster, makeup effects artist Rick Baker fashioned a slightly over sized skull-shaped helmet for actor Alex Rebar to wear. The piece was painted flesh tone and then was cover by a gooey concoction of syrup and paint. The drippy substance would have to be re-applied for every take of the Melting Man. At the end of each shoot Rebar would have so much of the sticky stuff on him that he would literally have to peel his costume off.
- GoofsWhen the nurse enters the room of the melting man, she drops the blood containers and it splatters her shoes; then, as she runs away down the hallway, her shoes are completely clean.
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Steve West: You've never seen anything, til you've seen the Sun through the rings of Saturn!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Incredible Melting Man (1982)
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The Incredible Melting Man plays like an extended episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, but with violence and some nudity. I know this film is a bit crummy but I found it impossible not to kind of like it.
The acting and script are not the best. But the effects are good for a 30 year old movie with a budget of $50 - the title character takes quite a while to actually melt but when he does it's reasonably impressive; we also have one inventive death scene involving electrocution. Of note too is the music, it's insane - a cheese-tastic medley of nonsense.
Notable highlights:
* Marvel at the slow-motion nurse who jumps through a pane of glass for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
* Be amazed by a day in the life of a severed head.
* Beware of the psychotic cannibalistic melting humanoid. Called Steve.
* Be astonished when our hero takes a break from hunting the melting lunatic to have a bowl of soup and complain about insufficient crackers in the kitchen.
This film is just too 70's for me to hate it. It's tacky and trashy but I thought it was a lot of fun. You could do a lot worse.
The acting and script are not the best. But the effects are good for a 30 year old movie with a budget of $50 - the title character takes quite a while to actually melt but when he does it's reasonably impressive; we also have one inventive death scene involving electrocution. Of note too is the music, it's insane - a cheese-tastic medley of nonsense.
Notable highlights:
* Marvel at the slow-motion nurse who jumps through a pane of glass for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
* Be amazed by a day in the life of a severed head.
* Beware of the psychotic cannibalistic melting humanoid. Called Steve.
* Be astonished when our hero takes a break from hunting the melting lunatic to have a bowl of soup and complain about insufficient crackers in the kitchen.
This film is just too 70's for me to hate it. It's tacky and trashy but I thought it was a lot of fun. You could do a lot worse.
- Red-Barracuda
- Apr 10, 2007
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- The Ghoul from Outer Space
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By what name was The Incredible Melting Man (1977) officially released in India in English?
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