The Incredible Melting Man [VHS]
by William Sachs
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Actor: Alex Rebar, Ann Sweeny, Burr DeBenning, Michael Alldredge, Myron HealeyDirector: William Sachs
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 86 minutes
Release Date: 2000-09-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of The Incredible Melting Man [VHS]
Movie Review: Dripping with melted sci-fi cheese...
Summary: 3 Stars
Perhaps the best movie ever made about a melting man: The Incredible Melting Man!
After astronaut Steve views the sun through the rings of saturn, he somehow contracts a vicious flesh melting bacteria. Once back on earth, the melting fiend escapes from the hospital and goes on a flesh eating rampage which fuels his strength and rage. Meanwhile they make all the right moves to stop him. Why send police after him when you can send a doctor? Instead of letting the town know that a murderous, melting man is on the loose, wouldn't it be better to just keep it quiet and send out a two man search party? Needless to say I learned a lot from The Incredible Melting Man, cherished lessons that I will never forget.
There is only one reason to watch this movie, and that would be to see Rick Baker's awesome gore/melting effects. Highlights include the varying melting stages of Steve, a decapitated head floating up the river, and the ultra gooey melting finale. With an extensive filmography and an Academy award for special effects under his belt, it's safe to say Rick Baker is a special effects legend. As for the rest, it's your typical B-movie fare with even more "so bad it's good" hilarity than usual. This was also a MST3K feature.
Highly recommended if you enjoy some good cheesy sci-fi/horror.
Summary of The Incredible Melting Man [VHS]
Writer-director William Sachs, the genius who brought the world Galaxina, reveals another side of his vision with The Incredible Melting Man, one of the most disgusting stories ever brought to the screen. Like all the great universal myths that touch our hearts, the story itself is a simple one: astronaut Steve is exploring Saturn's rings when he gets a fatal dose of radiation. He promptly starts melting and must eat human flesh to survive. Never you mind why, he just does. It's up to Dr. Ted Nelson to track Steve down, which he must do single-handedly because it's a Government Secret. Ted does a little bit of searching and a whole lot of eating and talking, and all the while Steve gets madder and messier. There is much to recommend The Incredible Melting Man, not the least being a range and caliber of acting normally only found in the porn industry. You can also enjoy an enormous 1970s wall hanging and plenty o' fuzz-tone guitar in the soundtrack. Sharp-eyed fans of women-in-prison movies will be pleased to see an appearance by Caged Heat star Rainbeaux Smith in a disturbing reminder of just how far gender relations had yet to go in the early '70s, and director Jonathan Demme also makes an all-too-brief appearance as Matt. It's a pity he doesn't stick around a few minutes to lend a restraining hand when, in the film's most terrifying sequence, Matt's girlfriend Nell stops to take an Acting Moment. The film's real star, of course, is the makeup, by Oscar-winner Rick Baker. Baker created four different phases of melting and other assorted oozing and sloughing effects--a true triumph of vileness. With its howlingly bad ad-libbing, astonishing '70s d?cor, and unusually mushy body parts, The Incredible Melting Man is guaranteed to liven up any fondue party. --Ali DavisHorror VHS Video
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