The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

William Sachs

Writer:

William Sachs (writer)

Release Date:

December 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

The first new horror creature

Plot:

An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.

Plot Keywords:

Astronaut | Saturn | Sun | Fisherman | Hospital

Cast

Alex Rebar	...	Steve West (The Melting Man)
Burr DeBenning	...	Dr. Ted Nelson
Myron Healey	...	General Michael Perry
Michael Alldredge	...	Sheriff Neil Blake
Ann Sweeny	...	Judy Nelson
Lisle Wilson	...	Dr. Loring
Cheryl Smith	...	The Model (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Julie Drazen	...	Carol
Stuart Edmond Rodgers	...	Little Boy
Chris Witney	...	Little Boy
Edwin Max	...	Harold
Dorothy Love	...	Helen
Janus Blythe	...	Nell Winters
Jonathan Demme	...	Matt Winters
Westbrook Claridge	...	Second Security Guard

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:(Banned) | Italy:VM14 | Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) | France:-16 | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

San Fernando Valley Generating Station, San Fernando, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

The films Spanish title is Viscosidad, which means "Stickiness."

Goofs:

Continuity: Two different Saturn rockets with two entirely different payload configurations are used for the launch sequence at the end of the movie.

Quotes:

[it's lunch time at the Nelson home]
Dr. Ted Nelson: Steve escaped.
Judy Nelson: Oh God. What're you gonna do?
Dr. Ted Nelson: Uh... did you get some crackers? I told you yesterday that we needed some crackers.
Judy Nelson: Oh, I forgot. I knew there was something... Y'know there's uh, there's a pad right by the phone y'know, you could write it down too.
[she brings over his soup]
Judy Nelson: So what about Steve?
Dr. Ted Nelson: So, we don't have any crackers?
Judy Nelson: Ted. Steve?
Dr. Ted Nelson: Steve? I've got to go out and find Steve.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Home Alone (1990)

Melting Goo Man Terrorizes Some People in a Very Dark Place

Well. Astronaut Steve West sits in a plastic space capsule, commenting that "you haven't lived until you've seen the sun through the rings of Saturn", all the while the obvious mid-day sunlight is streaming through the window, when suddenly he has a nose bleed. Next, West is back home in some secret hospital, a melting gelatinous mass who goes berserk and causes a chunky nurse to run through a fake glass door. Apparently, West "gets stronger as he melts", which makes about as much sense as anything in this hopelessly purile, adle-brained moovie. Then this dopey "Army Brass", who looks kind of like Coleman Francis (director of many bad moovies) tries to cover the info up, but goo man runs around killing everyone he sees because he is melting. He attacks a bickering old couple because he is melting. He makes one terrible actress scream and moan helplessly for about 10 minutes because he is melting. He is melting because he is melting. The fx by the slumming Rick Baker are supposed to be the star here, but they just look hokey. The film is poorly shot and everything looks so dark and muddled that it's very difficult making out what's what - not that it would help any. MooCow says who cut the cheese with this one?? :=8P ps - "Didn't you get any crackers?"