 704 - THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN
Genre: ’70s Sci-Fi/Horror film that
Could’ve Been Made in the ’50s
(1977, Color)
One-Line Summary: Melting Goo Man Wanders Around Killing People
Synopsis: This movie starts out with some astronauts in space.
They’re going on and on about Saturn’s rings while we are shown
some stock NASA footage of an Apollo capsule and of Solar flares.
The astronauts scream and, apparently, their capsule crash lands back on Earth.
All were killed except for one and he has a bad case of the drips.
This last astronaut is now a Goo Man and so he breaks out of the hospital
he’s in and wanders around, killing people.
On the case is Dr. Ted Nelson and he plans on capturing the Goo Man by reasoning with him.
The middle part of the film is basically scene after scene of the disgusting-looking Goo Man leaving stains everywhere and killing more people, including a horny, lemon-stealing elderly couple (in a truly bizarre subplot) and a
girl’s boyfriend while the girl herself is able to get away by cutting off the Goo
Man’s Gooey
arm. Finally Ted Nelson is able to track the Goo Man down (which
shouldn’t have been too hard with the trail of slim he leaves in his
wake). But in the confrontation with the Goo Man, Ted and a couple of guards are killed while the police chief gets fried by electrical wires.
(He’s now the
Incredible BBQed Man!)
Finally, the Goo Man completely melts, leaving a janitor with a mop to save the day.
(Our Hero!)
Host Segments:
- Prologue: Mike and the ’Bot
play ball!
- Segment One: Crow’s screenplay
“Earth vs. Soup” is being made into a movie
- Segment Two: Script run-through
for the movie
- Segment Three: Crow is
directing the movie
- Segment Four: Dr. F conducts a
focus group on the movie
- Segment Five (End): “Earth
vs. Soup” is being released... as a trailer
Stinger: Elderly people
crying out, “Let’s get the hell out of here!”
Don’s Review: Odd little low-budget Horror Film (with makeup effects by Rick Baker!) from the
’70s that’s really reminiscent of the monster films of the ’50s (aside from some nude breast scenes that BBI cut
out, making this one of the few MST movies that would’ve been
better if it was longer).
The riffing is pretty good on this feature and the host segments are great as they deal with Hollywood producers making
Crow’s script “Earth vs. Soup” into a movie.
The knowing jokes in these segments are very apparently making fun of the ridiculous stuff BBI had to deal with when they made
MST3K: the Movie. So, although the movie and riffing is enjoyable, this episode is worth seeing even if only for the host segments.
Don’s Rating: 
Related Link:
(1) MST3K Info Club Website
(BBI’s ACEG-style Write-up)
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