The Incredible Melting Man
An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Released
- 1977
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1977
Storyline
An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.
Top credits
Alex Rebar — Steve West - The Incredible Melting Man
Burr DeBenning — Dr. Ted Nelson
Myron Healey — Gen. Michael Perry
Michael Alldredge — Sheriff Neil Blake
Did you know
• 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.
• Famed director Jonathan Demme ("Stop Making Sense (1984)," "The Silence of the Lambs (1991)") has a credited role as Matt Winters.
• Rick Baker was originally resistant to working on the movie, feeling he had moved past B horror pictures at this point in his career. Baker threw out a high figure for his work and when producers accepted it Baker came on board.
User reviews
the movie monster that needs a bucket.
Smelting!
Melting Moments
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
