Review of The Incredible Melting Man (1977) by Mark W — 22 Mar 2011

Astronaut Steve West is on a mission to Saturn. Unfortunately, he's exposed to Saturn's radiation. Then he's in a hospital, bandaged up because his skin is melting. He awakes and goes on a killing rampage. Killing people and eating certain parts of them helps Steve to get those lost cells which are melting away back.

So we get a melting man, kids that smoke, Ted Nelson, melted body parts, a chubby nurse in a tight nurses uniform screaming for her life (a wonderful piece of acting at it's finest), a decapitated head floating in a river, a man who doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about his wife being pregnant, talk about crackers, Ted Nelson, excellent make up effects from Rick Baker, a cameo appearance from Jonathan Demme, a whiny elderly couple picking oranges who literally make the film WORTH seeing, Ted Nelson, a general eating a turkey leg, a possessed refrigerator, Ted Nelson, Nelson, Nelson.

In the end, our melting man turns into a red pile of mush which is probably the only incredible thing to this film. Well, that and watching a janitor mop him up.