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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Alex Rebar | ... | Steve West (The Incredible Melting Man) | |
| Burr DeBenning | ... | Dr. Ted Nelson | |
| Myron Healey | ... | General Michael Perry | |
| Michael Alldredge | ... | Sheriff Neil Blake | |
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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 |
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"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>
Plot Keywords:
crashing through glass | melting face | psychotronic film | astronaut | hospital |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
December 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Ghoul from Outer Space See more »Filming Locations:
San Fernando Valley Generating Station, San Fernando, California, USAEdit
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Budget:
$250,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
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1.85 : 1
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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. See more »Goofs
During the hillside photo shoot, the actor's finger is nowhere near the shutter release, but the sound effect of an auto advance continues throughout the scene. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Well. Apparently in this film there is a "man" who is "melting" and this is "incredible". Whatever. For my money there is only one reason to see this film, and it has nothing to do with snot-faced fellows who eat people's flesh.
At one moment in the film the incredibly thin and pasty protagonist Dr. Ted Nelson mentions his mother-in-law, and suddenly this film swings into high. We're shown a wonderful sequence of two incredibly lumpy elderly folks driving. These oddly shaped, lawn gnome-esque folks decided to steal lemons, but they get scared and run (well, totter) back to their automobile only to be eaten by the titular character.
God, these two actors are wonderful! Dorothy Love and Edwin Max deserve the accolades of their peers for this brief glimpse into the magical and bewitching talents of actors in their prime, who were given a script that seemed to have been written by a spastic monkey.