The Incredible Melting Man

The Incredible Melting Man (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
William Sachs

Written By:
William Sachs

Actors:
Alex Rebar ..... Steve West (The Melting Man)
Burr DeBenning ..... Dr. Ted Nelson
Myron Healey ..... General Michael Perry
Michael Alldredge ..... Sheriff Neil Blake
Ann Sweeny ..... Judy Nelson
Lisle Wilson ..... Dr. Loring
Cheryl Smith ..... The Model
Julie Drazen ..... Carol
Stuart Edmond Rodgers ..... Little Boy
Chris Witney ..... Little Boy
Edwin Max ..... Harold
Dorothy Love ..... Helen
Janus Blythe ..... Nell Winters
Jonathan Demme ..... Matt Winters
Westbrook Claridge ..... Second Security Guard

Synopsis:

This production from writer/director William Sachs involves the horrific plight of returning astronaut Steve West (Alex Rebar), the sole survivor of a disastrous expedition to the rings of Saturn. The fatal outcome of the mission apparently involved the discovery of a space-borne virus, or radiation, or something (it's never made quite clear) that killed the rest of the crew and is causing West's flesh to melt and slough off his body. For reasons unexplained, the only relief from the pain of his condition can be found by consuming live human cells. After munching on a few bystanders, West escapes into the surrounding woods, pursued by NASA researcher Dr. Nelson (Burr DeBenning) and a disorganized posse of military monster-hunters. Unable to stop his rapid dissolution or resist his cannibalistic urges, West agonizes over his dilemma (as indicated by laughable scenes of Rebar trying to register emotional anguish through layers of goop), but he still finds time to terrorize a few locals, including the topless Rainbeaux Smith and a pair of comic-relief oldsters trying to score some lemons. The film's notorious ad campaign rallied the makeup FX work of Rick Baker, but his talents are largely wasted thanks to AIP's frantic cost-cutting and a truncated shooting schedule that forewent many of Baker's elaborate prosthetics in favor of a cheap latex mask covered with gallons of syrup. Future Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme contributes a brief cameo.

Horror. An astronaut returns to Earth from Saturn as a melting man who must feed on the flesh of humans in order to survive and who slowly disintegrates more and more.

An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 26 June, 2009.

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