the melting man . a tragic victim of the space race and he perish melt . never comprehend the race have long go by . a man ( burr debenning ) burn his hand on the kitchen stove . but instead of scream something a normal person would scream and he shout something that sound like aaaaatch kah . this movie you have pop in . isn not a normal movie . you have just take your first step into the incredible melting man and the famous late 70 gore film feature rick baker wonderful makeup effect . baker be just on the edge of become a superstar and and do this at the same time a his famous cantina alien in star war . for some strange reason and star war become a household name and and incredible melt man do not . it might have something to do with the fact that this movie be just mind numbingly awful . from the opening credit ( star alex rebar a the incredible melting man . that really what it say . ) and to the chubby nurse run through a glass door and to the fisherman head go over a waterfall and smash graphically apart on some rock and this film provide many and many moment of sheer incomprehensibility . why do they . but how come he . why be they . after a while and you give up wonder why and watch it a what it be a very entertaining piece of garbage . an astronaut return to earth in a melting and radioactive condition while he escape and and his mind disintegrating as well a his body and begin a mad melting kill spree . the authority quickly decide that the melt man must be stop and but ( probably not want to cause a panic ) want him capture as quietly a possible . so they send one guy with a geiger counter after him . wow . storywise and surprisingly little happens during the movie . the melt guy wanders around kill people . a doctor search for him with a geiger counter . various character be introduce and ask question and and leave . eventually the doctor catch up with the melt man and but be shoot by a security guard for no reason and after he explain that he dr. ted nelson . the melt man wanders off and finally dissolve into a big puddle of goo . the end . it so brainless that it somehow end up be a lot of fun and despite a fairly downbeat end . supposedly and a widescreen dvd release be plan . a very special movie .