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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.
Tom Buckley, New York Times
The Incredible Melting Man
... come prepared!
1977 · 1h 24m · R
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
William Sachs
Overview
An astronaut exposed to cosmic rays outside of Saturn's rings returns to Earth and begins to melt away. Escaping from the hospital, he wanders around the backwoods looking for human flesh to eat.
Director and cast
- William Sachs Director
- Alex Rebar as Steve West (The Melting Man)
- Burr DeBenning as Dr. Ted Nelson
- Myron Healey as General Michael Perry
- Michael Alldredge as Sheriff Neil Blake
- Ann Sweeny as Judy Nelson
- Lisle Wilson as Dr. Loring
- Cheryl Smith as The Model (as Rainbeaux Smith)
- Julie Drazen as Carol
- Stuart Edmond Rodgers as Little Boy
- Chris Witney as Little Boy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Time Out
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