The Incredible Melting Man

R

Released Dec 23, 1977

1h 26m

Sci-Fi

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8%

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13 Reviews

24%

Audience Score

1,000+ Ratings

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

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Scott Tobias

The Dissolve

Even if The Incredible Melting Man were deliberately retro, re-creating the look and feel of a stultifying drive-in undercard isn't exactly a laudable achievement.

Rated: 0.5/5

Jul 30, 2013

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Time Out

This Z-grade effort, lacking any low-budget energy, takes its cue from the central character: it's tacky and bumbling and sinks into its own morass long before its subject finally dribbles apart, slurp, glub.

Jun 24, 2006

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Tom Buckley

New York Times

Each spring brings similar releases to fill the need of drive-in operators for something cheap to put on the screen for the kids in the cars to ignore or laugh at.

Rated: 1/5

May 9, 2005

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

"Oh, my God, it's his ear!" And so it goes with The Incredible Melting Man, a piece of sci-fi cheese so pungent that it was honored with its very own Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 12, 2023

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Jacob Knight

Birth.Movies.Death.

There's a reason this film's appearance on MST3K lead to one of the famed series' best episodes: there's just so much fodder for filmic abuse that one can't help but crack wise while viewing it.

Feb 28, 2018

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

The story borders on tedious and dives in to monotonous so spectacularly you’ll be begging for it to end by the hour mark.

Jul 30, 2013

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Jeepers C

I really love low budget movies like this. Some of my favorites may be some of those movies hated most by others. Some of my all-time favorites include Humanoids From the Deep, Streettrash, Killer Klowns from Outer space, Bad taste and many more. I am just a fan of low budget horror good or bad.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Justin T

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This was not good at all. This story is stupidly terrible and doesn't make any sense. The effects are silly and pointless and totally unconvincing. Half of the time it is impossible to tell what is going on as it is so dark. The acting is wooden. There is no entertainment, fear, nudity so it's pointless wasting your time watching it. Most of the time the whole film leaves you guessing as to what the hell is happening. This is a truly pointless and boring film which should not be watched.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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delysid d

it's on the same level as films like the swarm, caligula or the devil's rain

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/20/20

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Audience Member

This film is so bad that it almost seems intentional - but it wasn't. I recall the promotion of it, lauding the involvement of Rick Baker. But aside from his yucky effects, it is completely amateur, with some of the dumbest dialogue ever produced. Favorite line: "He seems to get stronger as he melts." There's one for a physics drop out.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

After travelling through the rings of Saturn most of an astronaut crew perishes upon returning to earth due to an alien illness. The lone survivor develops a condition which causes his skin to effectively melt away while his brain goes haywire turning him into a homicidal maniac. Murdering a nurse as he escapes the hospital, he roams the countryside killing any who get in his way while being secretly pursued by military and other government agents. The effects were rather good and there was some decent humor present, but as a whole this was a snore.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

My god this is awfull

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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William Sachs

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Synopsis

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

Director: William Sachs
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Max Rosenberg
Screenwriter: William Sachs
Production Co: Quartet Productions, Rosenberg-Gelfman Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 23, 1977, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 17, 2018
Runtime: 1h 26m