The Incredible Melting Man

19771977
RR
1h 24min

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

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.

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The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

Alex Rebar in The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

Alex Rebar in The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

Alex Rebar in The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

Alex Rebar in The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

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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! —Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com>

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Taglines
- Steven West, astronaut from Saturn, is melting. He must have human cells to survive. He is a living time bomb!
Genres
- Horror
- Sci-Fi
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
Reportedly, makeup artist Rick Baker created a number of gruesome appliances that were never used in the film because star Alex Rebar refused to wear them.

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
[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.

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

Top review

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.

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4

bop_girl
Mar 4, 2001

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
Production companies
- Quartet Productions
- Rosenberg-Gelfman Productions
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Budget
- $250,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 24min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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