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The Incredible Melting Man

  • 1977
  • R
  • 1h 26m
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4.3/10
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The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.
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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.

  • Director
    • William Sachs
  • Writer
    • William Sachs
  • Stars
    • Alex Rebar
    • Burr DeBenning
    • Myron Healey
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    • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
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    • Director
      • William Sachs
    • Writer
      • William Sachs
    • Stars
      • Alex Rebar
      • Burr DeBenning
      • Myron Healey
    • 118User reviews
    • 120Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Alex Rebar
    Alex Rebar
    • Steve West - The Incredible Melting Man
    Burr DeBenning
    Burr DeBenning
    • Dr. Ted Nelson
    Myron Healey
    Myron Healey
    • Gen. Michael Perry
    Michael Alldredge
    Michael Alldredge
    • Sheriff Neil Blake
    Ann Sweeny
    Ann Sweeny
    • Judy Nelson
    Lisle Wilson
    Lisle Wilson
    • Dr. Loring
    Cheryl Smith
    Cheryl Smith
    • The Model
    • (as Rainbeaux Smith)
    Julie Drazen
    Julie Drazen
    • Carol
    Stuart Edmond Rodgers
    • Little Boy
    Chris Witney
    Chris Witney
    • Little Boy
    Edwin Max
    Edwin Max
    • Harold
    Dorothy Love
    • Helen
    Janus Blythe
    Janus Blythe
    • Nell Winters
    Jonathan Demme
    Jonathan Demme
    • Matt Winters
    Westbrook Claridge
    • Second Security Guard
    DeForest Covan
    DeForest Covan
    • Janitor
    Samuel W. Gelfman
    Samuel W. Gelfman
    • Fisherman
    • (as Sam Gelfman)
    Bonnie Inch
    Bonnie Inch
    • Nurse
    • Director
      • William Sachs
    • Writer
      • William Sachs
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    • Trivia
      To 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.
    • Goofs
      When 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.
    • Quotes

      Steve West: You've never seen anything, til you've seen the Sun through the rings of Saturn!

    • Connections
      Featured in Movie Macabre: The Incredible Melting Man (1982)

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    Incredible is one word to describe it...

    The acting in this film is rotten, the music similarly crass, and the plot so full of holes it's surprising they were able to string a movie together from it. But...

    It's very funny.

    Watch this with some mates and you can all have a laugh as the sheer stupidity of it all unfolds in front of you. Why does that nurse run through a glass door? Why does Steve lurk around his friends house, fertilising the garden? Pre-pubescent kids taking a puff? And what's with the head in the waterfall?

    I'm sure the intention was to make a genuinely scary film, but it's more like an Ed Wood effort. The only thing they managed to do well was the effects.
    • bop_girl
    • Mar 3, 2001
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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Ghoul from Outer Space
    • Filming locations
      • San Fernando Valley Generating Station, San Fernando, California, USA(final scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Quartet Productions
      • Rosenberg-Gelfman Productions
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    • Budget
      • $250,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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