i think that my favorite part of this movie and the one that exemplify the sheer pointless and stupidity and inanity of the proceeding and come at the climax of the film . doctor ted nelson and his unmarried friend the sheriff have finally corner the melt man on a landing on some stair in an electrical generating plant . keep in mind that nelson have be look for the mm for nearly the entire film and and that the mm have kill and eaten several people at this point ( include his bos ) and and nelson be very aware that mm be violently insane and hungry for human flesh and blood . so the sheriff have his gun point at mm and who be and and i give the movie and rick baker prop for this and the most disgusting and terrify object in human form that we have ever see . and he yell a very important question to doctor ted nelson represent what do we do now . the camera cut over to doctor ted nelson and and it obvious that ted have no idea what to do next . apparently ted be so intent on the problem of find the melting man and he never think to bring along some restraining device and a lasso and or straitjacket and or a net and or some tranquilizer dart and or maybe a new age tape by vangelis to soothe the savage beast . so the sheriff panic and shoot and the melting man go berserk and and hilarity ensues . maybe this explain why nasa have be screw around with the space shuttle program in sub lunar space for the last 30 year instead of go back to the moon or out to mar like everyone know they ought to be do . i dunno . anyway and that the kind of lousy and lazy writing and direction that undercut every aspect of this movie . it hard to say how good the actor actually be and because the movie have complete contempt for their character . two other incredibly painful sequence also ramp up the stupidity of the proceeding represent there be a scene feature the lumpy old couple in the world try to steal lemon from a grove and only to be tear apart by the melting man . this scene be a nadir in 70 cinema . i can guarantee you have never watch a more pointless and irritate setup with odder look people in your entire life . and the melt man assault on the lady who live in the house where they keep a horse who pee on the wall defies every attempt to process it . ( btw and i think famous film director jonathon demme have a walk on in this scene a the redneck husband who go in first to check on the house and never come out again ) . the only thing that keep the actress from literally chew the scenery be that and a i say and their horse have apparently be pee on it . and we be force to watch her hysteric for at least two minute longer than any sane film director would hold the shot . burr debenning ought to beat the crap out of imm director and photographer . i remember him from an old columbo episode where he look much good than he do here no one idea of a lead man and but solid and unobtrusive . but no one could possibly be a unappealing in real life a his director make him look here . everyone else come off a little good except for the old couple ( and shut up and i know they be be play for laugh and but i ain not laugh . ) but not much . this definitely fall into the so bad you can not look away category of cinema disaster . still and i would watch it again before i would watch a lot of other 70 and 80 abortion ( track of the moonbeast and it live by night come to mind ) and and mst coverage of it be great fun and so if you get a chance and watch the mst version .