It relies on spurious 'scientific' reasoning (radiation from looking at the Sun through the rings of Saturn) to explain the astronaut Steve West's affliction. The plot then cuts straight to his hospital bed.

Similar to 'The Quatermass Experiment' in many ways, the 'creature' , (Steve) displays very little signs of humanity and is totally anonymous.

The film seems more about the guy trying to catch him - Dr Ted Nelson and his pregnant wife. The film revolves around their relationship and the threat Steve poses to their happiness.

The acting is a little better than most films of this calibre and the camerawork & effects are professional enough (lots of sunsets and silhouettes).

In fact the effects are the cornerstone of the movie: visceral and slimy.

It's very slow in places and but then livens up for an attack. They went for a lot of suspense in the build-up and it just grates on the nerves after a bit.

There are incongruous comedy scenes (supposedly to relieve the tension but they don't work and just serve to aggravate the viewer more).

It's a lot about threat: threat of radiation and 'contagion' from his dripping limbs, physical threat to kids and a pregnant woman, but thankfully they didn't stoop that low. Just an array of innocent bystanders and cops.

"I'm not scared, just ashamed" the doctor says at one point. I echo his sentiments

They left the last bit to best. It's quite effective, ironic and very depressing.

There are no happy endings here.

great title...
Review date: 2004-01-10 Rating: 2 out of 10

...shame about the movie. this ain't no gorefest ,it's a slightly violent but mostly boring offering from vipco. the melting man himself is pretty funny in his melty way but this film could've been so much more funny if we'd actually seen him rip off the fishermans head or eat the stupid old people (who were stealing lemons) rather than just implying it. will he live, will he melt? you won't care. this sucks!

I'm Melting, I'm Melting...
Review date: 2003-08-20 Rating: 4 out of 10

As with most b-movies this film revolves around the creature described in the title. It feels a little obvious and even churlish then to criticise the ludicrous plot, terrible acting, atrocious script and overall bad filming... so I wont.
For these are insignificant factors that simply allow the 'melting man' to limp from one horrific flesh gorging to the next. The special effects were created by Rick Baker, who also gave us the transformation sequence in 'American Werewolf in London' and are of course the only reason for watching the film. The melting scenes are great, the actuality of someone in a mask covered in goo is still far more convincing and unpleasant than any computer generated creation, and, although he never seems to get any worse (or thinner!) the amount of oozing and dripping leaves the viewer in no doubt that this is a creature in a state of constant physical flux.

When you get to the final melting sequence you may wish you had simply skipped to it in the first place and saved yourself some time. There is no tension, you do not care in the least for any of the characters and in no way could it be referred to as 'scary', but again this isn't really of any consequence. Its bad, its really bad, reading the title will tell you that much, so if you want a thrilling, disturbing and intelligent horror movie then watch 'The Shining' or something, if you want a truly bizarre and revolting gore fest interspersed with a hilariously appalling film then you should enjoy this.

I'm Melting, Melting!
Review date: 2003-03-21 Rating: 6 out of 10

An entertaining movie in the ilk of 50's Sci-Fi, graphically illustrating the pitfalls of space exploration. Here Alex Rebar returns to earth, the sole survivor of a shuttle mishap. Over the next eight-five or so minutes, he gradually decomposes into a miasma of radioactive waste. In addition to his affliction, he has somehow developed a voracious appetite for human flesh, which he quenches at every opportunity.

Good cast (Burr deBenning, Myron Healey) and some outrageous make-up effects offer some entertainment value for the brave, whilst others are bound to be offended by the gratuitous, often nauseating dismemberments that are frequent throughout the film. I saw this movie about 12 years ago, and my impression was that despite the premise, this was a "one of a kind" movie, worthy of the horror film afficionado's home collection. I think it's worth seeing, not only for the make-up effects, but also for a healthy dose of tongue in cheek.

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