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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5024165995204
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Sales Rank: 115898
Theatrical Release Date: 1977-12
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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 décor, and unusually mushy body parts, The Incredible Melting Man is guaranteed to liven up any fondue party. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A fun look at someone's slow melting demise.
Contains some spoilers. The Incredible Melting Man is an older film that offers viewers a look at the struggle of a man sent to outerspace, but returns infected with a strange disease. He melts! You can see the dripping start in the hospital, where he attacks a nurse and saps their lifeforce to keep himself alive. Spoiler: One scene shows someone's head floating down a stream, and is quite a comical moment in the film. Other than that however, the film is slow paced and rather dull, but mostly due ... Read More
Rating:  - GRISLY HORROR FILM WITH SCI-FI ROOTS
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: *** NOT A FILM SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ***
The most amazing thing about "The Incredible Melting Man" is the trailer. It plays on a few other genre videos as a preview, and it is a very impressive, though not because of its high-production values. Essentially, a uniformed nurse is screaming as she flees from something which without warning bursts explosively through a glass door in pursuit. After seeing this trailer a few dozen times I gave in and bought the video. ... Read More
Rating:  - So Bad It Has To Be Seen
For years I panned this film and warned people away from it, and finally realized that everyone SHOULD see it - to see how bad a film can be. Without darkness, there is no light. Without Pain there is no joy. And without Bad, how can you ever truly appreciate Good?
Suprisingly, this film is like a colage of every good bit ever shown in horror/sci-fi - from 'First Man in Outer Space' to 'Night of the Living Dead', to 'The Devil's Rain'. Rick Baker's makeup effects are awesome, but they are wasted ... Read More
Rating: - Well...it's original, I'll give you that. But...
This was definately the funniest MST3K episode I've seen, at least among the Comedy Central seasons. From beginning ("That was one hot burrito!" chirps Tom Servo as astronaut Steve gets fried) to end ("So how many monster movies end with a janitor scooping a monster into a garbage can?" asks Crow), the laughs in the episode don't stop!
Yet I have to admit, this movie was made more professionally than many of the junk films shown on MST3K; in fact, it's a rather entertaining feature, that is if you're ... Read More
Rating: - Bah!
I don't think any of the previous reviews are of any help in predicting this film, and I assume most of them where written by people that saw it a long time ago and only vaguely remember the highlights of it. I'm going to try write something useful.
This movie just isn't that good, mainly for two reasons: it is way to slow, and it doesn't add anything to what you already know about it: it has absolutely no surprises. Sure enough, there are some plotholes, BIG ONES, but that is to be expected in a movie ... Read More
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