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The Spike
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 Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:18 pm Post subject: The Incredible Melting Man (1977) |
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Smelting!
The Incredible Melting Man is written and directed by William Sachs. It stars Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning and Myron Healey. Music is by Arlon Ober and cinematography by Willy Curtis.
Astronaut Steve West's body begins to melt after he was exposed to radiation during a space flight to Saturn.
Escaping from the hospital, West trawls the land in search of human victims to eat in the desperate hope of staving off the melting of his body.
It's as bad as you most likely have heard it is, and Rick Baker's makeup work is as good as you have heard it is!
Intended as a horror parody but switched to being a "supposed" horror with some cuts and swipes requested by the studio, it's pretty evident upon viewing the film that was clearly the case.
The tale doesn't add up to much more than the melting man of the title walking from one scene to another dripping in goo whilst meeting up with a host of bad actors. He's pursued by a pal who wants to help him, while it all builds to some fireworks at a power plant where the "big" battle unfolds.
You can't really do much with the story. After just 8 minutes of film he starts melting, and once his bodily parts start falling off you just know he is beyond help. The tragic creature vibe is strong enough to hold interest if you can stop yourself from laughing at everything else that surrounds him (it) during its Quatermass Experiment journey.
The power plant scenes are nicely photographed, and the final demise of the creature is bleakly sad. Baker really comes through with the only bit of quality in the piece. It's messy in more ways than one! But fun to be had if in a very forgiving mood. 4/10
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: The Incredible Melting Man (1977) |
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| The Spike wrote: | | You can't really do much with the story. After just 8 minutes of film he starts melting, and once his bodily parts start falling off you just know he is beyond help. |
This is an interesting point. A character can be someone the audience likes and sympathizes with, or someone they dislike and don't care if he come to harm.
This is bit different. We might be sympathetic to the character, but if he's obviously doomed just minutes into the movie, it makes it tough to give a damn what happens to him. In fact, in this case we're sort of hoping the poor guy will die and end his ordeal! 
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