Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Alex Rebar | ... | Steve West - The Incredible Melting Man | |
Burr DeBenning | ... | Dr. Ted Nelson | |
Myron Healey | ... | Gen. 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 | |
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Stuart Edmond Rodgers | ... | Little Boy |
Chris Witney | ... | Little Boy | |
Edwin Max | ... | Harold | |
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Dorothy Love | ... | Helen |
Janus Blythe | ... | Nell Winters | |
Jonathan Demme | ... | Matt Winters | |
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Westbrook Claridge | ... | Second Security Guard |
"You've never seen anything til you've seen the Sun through the rings of Saturn," exclaims Alex Rebar. Apparently, somehow this causes him to start melting and eating people, such as a nurse in the tightest fitting nurse's outfit ever, a nerdy fisherman, a horny old couple who simply can't keep their hands off each other in a car. To save the day comes Doctor Ted Nelson! Written by Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com>
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.