If you watch "The Incredible Melting Man" backwards, it's about a questionable pile of leftovers behind a Chili's that slowly materializes into a human male and after getting into a hiking accident involving a nurse, he inspiringly becomes an astronaut and goes into space. Also, Ted Nelson.

@burningmisery

2 жыл бұрын

Inspiring story ❤👍

Met Rick Baker a few years ago. Very nice guy. At one point I was singing the praises of him and the other OG makeup legends and he joked, "You're thanking me for traumatizing you and other kids in the 80s?" My response-YES!

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

The correct response

@JnEricsonx

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoodBadFlicks And in a about a week and a half I'm gonna be ideally thanking Nick Castle for making TheLast Starfighter-then thank him for being Michael Myers.

@bigsarge2085

2 жыл бұрын

What a cool experience!

@JnEricsonx

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigsarge2085 Lotta of conventions in my area. Ideally, I'll be meeting Nick Castle in about a week and a half.

@eivindgjengstjohansen9625

Жыл бұрын

@@JnEricsonx Alexander John Rebar 1940-2021 (the actor who played the incredible melting man) R.I.P.

Good timing - I'm literally watching the RedLetterMedia Best of the Worst on this!

@jbw1972

2 жыл бұрын

So did i

@Two_Ravens

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@moerockha625

2 жыл бұрын

So am I! ….. it’s like the walls of KZread are, shall I say it? Melting….. hmmmmmmm

@thestarwarskid123

2 жыл бұрын

Same, I love how we all watch the same movie review youtubers

@Sam1787

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed this too!

For a film that’s meant to be a parody of the 1950s and 1960s science fiction films and monster films, this film is also extremely tragic. The ending was heartbreaking. Steve West and his friend, Ted Nelson, ended up dying due to human errors.

@WordUnheard

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention, the wife forgot to buy crackers. The husband had to eat his food without crackers. That part hit hard, and I don't even like crackers.

@geoffreyfyfe2248

2 жыл бұрын

"I'm Dr. Ted Nelson!" "BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!" "Whoah, not Ted Nelson! Definitely not related to Ted Nelson!"

I remember when they did this on Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was so strange to see something this gory in that context. Maybe the most out-of-place episode of the show's entire run.

@UberNeuman

2 жыл бұрын

Did you get any crackers?

@54GodzillaFan

2 жыл бұрын

I think that Sidehacker is actually the most out-of-place episode due to how dark the movie itself is.

@fisheyenomiko

2 жыл бұрын

@@54GodzillaFan True. Though in that case, they'd only watch a few minutes of the film, and hadn't gotten to the really icky parts. By the time of IMM, they were watching the whole movie before they decided to use it.

@irwinisidro

2 жыл бұрын

"I'm Dr. Ted Nelson!"

@sbeers88

2 жыл бұрын

@@UberNeuman Hotchka!!

Crazy timing, RLM just did a vid on this! One of my favorite b movies, I wish they’d had all the effects baker planned. It’s interesting how much it has in common with the quatermass xperiment I’m a sucker for good body horror.

@Noki0100

2 жыл бұрын

I've said before GBF needs to be on the panel for BOTW one day!

@alienboy1322

2 жыл бұрын

@@Noki0100 I think GBF is better than RLM. AT least Cecil isn't obnoxiously cynical nor thinks it's appealing to talk about movies on KZread. But that's just how I feel.

@markula_4040

2 жыл бұрын

@@alienboy1322 Both channels are quite different from each other to the point where there isn't any real need to declare one better or at least be obnoxiously judgmental about it. But that's just how I feel.

@klinischbrot

2 жыл бұрын

This comment escalated quickly, huh!?

@klinischbrot

2 жыл бұрын

​@@alienboy1322 huh? I did not say that. Nor do I care what you did/didn't do. Have a good one.

I believe there is no movie that Cecil couldn't make interesting, at least when it comes to "exploring". It's such an enjoyment to watch them; an incredible, natural born documentarian.

@cehaver

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched truly terrible, and not always fun terrible, movies thanks to him and Joe Bob Briggs - I’m a dork and will give the unwatchable watchability points based on their storytelling and amusing history!!

As a child I ordered the Incredible Melting Man make up kit from an ad in Famous Monsters Magazine . I applied it for Halloween that year and looked very gross . The make up was cotton balls soaked in make up/dye that you glued to your face. Good times .

I have never forgotten this movie. I saw it in the theater as a kid. Seeing these clips reminds me of how much I miss and appreciate practical effects. Not a bad idea either. I miss monster movies.

I have to say, it's amazing how you're able to fit in much of the plot summary, thorough research into the production and interesting cast information within the length of your videos. Over the years, your quality has only increased even more. Keep up the awesome work, Cecil! I used to regard Niyat from FilmComicsExplained in the same manner too...but I feel that his most recent content feels much much shorter and as tricky as it is to explain, I feel that something about his quality changed and not in a good way. I noticed that he started to recycle his old content and label it as a new video with most of the previous footage shuffled around.

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm working really hard to try to be better and better.

I saw this at the drive in when I was 8 (1978) - along with Squirm. Went with my dad and 2 older brothers. Great parenting. : )

I love your Good Bad Flicks episode on this. "Judy's pregnant again." "Hey, that's great! So, who's the father?"

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

hehehehe I'm sometimes funny

I worked on a short film and the effects guy needed melted people goo, the director cited this movie as the look he wanted. The stuff smelled real bad, like rubber and sterile bandages. Thankfully the lights were all LED, I can't imagine what it would smell like after a long shoot baking under hot lamps.

RedLetterMedia reviewed this their video released yesterday. Recently released on Blu Ray. What a coincidence!

Love it when we get an exploring episode to go along with a regular episode

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

I like to be able to tell more of the story when able :)

I love this movie! The early Rick Baker effects are outstanding. I found this one through MST3K back in the day and is one of the best movies I discovered in the series. I was just thinking about this movie last night. It might be time to watch it again.

I sure wish producers would understand that, just because they have "the money", doesn't mean they have "the talent" to make a movie.

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo.

Another guilty pleasure of mine..over the top & wacky but I actually kinda liked it. Great FX from Rick Baker… not a surprise, especially for the limited budget. That goo was nasty 🤢. That nurse that ran thru the glass door is classic funny 😄 nobody was stopping her! Under the circumstances of a troubled shoot it is watchable for horror/ sci-fi fans. The MST3K is hilarious. Galaxina…can’t wait!

I'd like to see an exploring on "The Pod People," a French Canadian mess due, again, to producers interfering. And one of the best episodes of MST3K.

@Fedorevsky

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'd love to see that too!

@simplegarak

2 жыл бұрын

SECONDED! @GoodBadFlicks! That movie is so confusing I'm dying to know what the original plans for it were.

@jeffumbach

2 жыл бұрын

Ah the infamous movie where the intro and end credits are scenes from a totally different movie featuring a very different creature and characters (I think it was called "Galaxy Invader".)

@matthewferguson6524

2 жыл бұрын

It's called evil, kid.

Red Letter a media just did a botw with this movie. The timing is perfect and great video

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This was one of my favorite movies growing up, I first learned about it from the cover of my "Starlog" magazine---that cover, with the melting man on it---it was fantastic, and it haunted my nightmares back then!

@cjc363636

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of magazines....Fangoria loved the 'goopy' monster covers back in the 80s/early 90s, IIRC. I would see those disgustingly cool covers while getting a CFQ or Starlog magazine at Borders. (I was too timid to buy the Fangoria!).

@thegood9

Жыл бұрын

@@cjc363636 YES! Loved Fangoria! Cracked, Mad...National Lampoon. Seeing all those at the local convenience store and occasionally being able to buy one and actually drool over it was part of growing up!

Saturday night dead was one of my favorite shows as a kid! Same deal. My mom would let us stay up to watch Saturday Night Live with her, and then we’d watch Saturday Night Dead. She was a big horror fan and raised us on camp horror movies. Great reference!

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sad there are only a few clips of SND out there. I would love to see more episodes of the show but they've most likely been lost.

I liked the movie and was shocked when I found out that Rick Baker did the special effects. No wonder the special effects looked great.

For me, the history enhances my appreciation of the art. Thanks!

I honestly ❤ GoodBadFlicks

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

awwww :)

It's great that your doing this film. This was the very first horror movie that I've seen. We saw it at a drive in Morrisville PA. (Coming in from Trenton NJ). I was 6/7 at the time. it's this film where I fell in love with the genre.

No mention of the Rick Baker make-up kit for IMM? This movie is one of my guilty pleasures and I saw it way back in '77. When I was 7 years old I went to a church halloween carnival covered head to toe with Rick Baker's Incredible Melting Man gorefest make-up complete with plastic eyeball halfway down my face. Needless to say I won best contest. This movie will always hold a special place in my heart 😁

@roddmatsui3554

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I remember that thing. From the Pressman company, those things were available at Toys R Us.

Alexander John Rebar 1940-2021 (the actor who played the incredible melting man) R.I.P.

AH! I remember Saturday Night Dead! I lived in South Jersey for most of my young life and watched that all the time when I became aware of it. Good times! Thanks for reminding me, Brother!

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Saturday Night DEEEEEEAAAAAAAADDDDDDD

@sski

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoodBadFlicks LOLOLOL!!!

What coincidental timing. As others have said, RLM just did their take on it. It's interesting to hear RLM speculate as to what was happening during the production of the film, where it was shot, and other things and then to come here to hear all of the facts. It's really a shame that the director didn't get to make the movie he intended. It sounds like it could have been and should have been much better. I wonder if director's ever get a second chance to make their movie the way they intended after producers have screwed it up, under a different movie title more than likely. Thanks, yet again, for another great GBF Exploring episode.

@Tuhajuhan

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I actually felt I had seen it before on this channel when I saw RLM yesterday, but... GBF does have a 2012 video on this movie :)

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope after people see the RLM video they come here to find out why the movie turned out the way it did

@SilverSurfer166

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoodBadFlicks consistently great content from you, always enjoy your reviews

As a fellow Steve, I can feel Melty Steve's pain. I can feel his struggle. I can feel - dare I say it? Yes, I MUST say it! I can feel his Triumph!! You go, Melty Steve! The Counsel of Steves Believes in You!

did not a lot of people also see this film on "movie macabre" in 1982? a little late from 1977, but a ton of folks still love this film.

This is one of my all time favorite episodes of MST3K and I'm a little bummed that it's hard to find now. I had no idea that this movie was such a struggle to make. Great essay!

Saw this semi-regularly on Svengoolie as a kid on WGN on Sunday afternoons.

Always appreciate the content and all the wonderful things you find to show us!

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you watching!

"Did you get some crackers? I told you yesterday that we needed some crackers." "Ted, what about Steve?" "Steve?! He doesn't have any crackers!"

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

With the OG reference

The effects in this movie are the best thing about it.

Glad we revisited this Cecil. 😆

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

:)

Good timing! I'd just seen the RLM video with it and looked into the movie a bit to find out what Sach's originally intended, so was glad to see this pop up to learn more about it. It's quite ahead of it's time before the 80's had a lot of tongue in cheek horror/comedies that homaged the classics.

I would love to see a re-edit of this into the more comical movie they were aiming for.

It's perfect just the way it is!

Another wonderful episode. Thanks.

STRAANGE!! This was just on yesterday's Best of The Worst from RLM

Your exploring videos is one of the BEST on the platform! I love it so much!! Keep it up man!!

Great video as usual; I'm continually impressed at all the detail you are able to squeeze into each video. I've always enjoyed this film. Somehow the film's multiple personalities add to my appreciation of it for some reason.

This movie still is scary. Thank you so much for Exploring this, I've watched your earlier video on this movie many times. It made me go find this movie again to watch it. Like you I found it on late night cable many many years ago. Gave me f-ed nightmares, but I was 8 or 9. Love the channel, Cecil. I hope we get to see you on In Search of Tomorrow. I pre-ordered mine years ago.

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think I'm in ISOT but I'm not sure. We recorded stuff back early last year but I'm not sure if I made the cut.

Every time i am still amazed on how good the information and showing it really is. This is one of the best youtube-channels or maybe even the best.

Thanks for mentioning Saturday Night Dead, you just brought back a bunch of memories 😊...

@GoodBadFlicks

5 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Stella was awesome.

This movie scared the hell out of me when I was 8 years old.

Another fantastic episode Cecil!

Great video. As always

I always hate it when people working on a film production half ass it because they don't like the premise of a film. Like dude, you're making a movie; that's my dream job! I'd do your work unpaid with no complaints at all.

I first learned about this movie from that earlier video you did, then I saw it on MST3k, _then_ because I really liked the source material I saw the actual movie (sans quips). I really do love this film as a movie on its own. Although, I still say the main actor when he says the line "There's nothing like viewing the rings of Saturn..." In the beginning of the movie reminds me of that "Weird Arby's Guy" video on KZread where he talks about a lady crashing into his Arby's. Something about the way he talks, it's like I'm seein double I tells ya!

I love The Incredible Melting Man. Along with Forbidden World.

This video is ........... well....... INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you for all the knowledge and fun you bring us

Thanks for your work

Oh Jesus, I haven't thought about Saturday Night Dead in 20 years. Thanks for that blast from the past.

This was a great explored video. It makes sense why these take time.

Saw your original video on this, & this version had alot more info & interesting tidbits, so it was like a whole new video. Good job, man!

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

OMG "Saturday Night Dead!" Philly!! I used to watch that in the 80s and early 90s. Loved Stella and Duke Ellington's "The Mooch" as the theme.

You are the best, Cecil. I love every video you do. Makes me happy.

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

You are too kind, thank you :)

I watched this when I was 5. It is one of my favorite movies

I remember seeing this at a drive-in with my mom oh so many years ago. Thanks for the great memories!

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Awesome work on the video! One of the things I love about your video how much you care about the actors or crew when you talk about injuries on set. Thank you for caring.

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Incredibly insightful. This was a childhood movie for me, the info was awesome!

So the tongue-in-cheek nature explains the scene with the old couple driving home at night.

I knew you had done this movie before! Nice to see the detailed background.

I love this movie. I have a incredible melting man tattoo.

Fantastic

1 of the more underrated horror movies! For some reason I thought cecil aka good bad flicks covered this movie before!

Just love your intro music so haunting, I really enjoy your content and your voice is works so well as a narrator you have found a great venue here I am a big fan.

You and the RLM are doing an awesome unintentional tag team, it's pretty cool.

I just have to say always have and always will love this movie . I watched it a ton as a kid .

Another incredible (pardon the pun) video. So entertaining and informative. Absolutely love your stuff.

Great video! I remember reading a lot about this and many other films like it in my various film and monster books and never got a chance to see it until I saw the MST3K episode. I enjoyed the episode but was still having trouble finding the film on its own. I eventually saw it and thought its a special effects masterpiece. Since I like Cronenberg body horror I started recommending this film if not for the story at least the special effects. I gotta say that with all the behind the scenes issues that plagued this movie it turned well but it would be nice to see the original view the director had. Lots of films that suffered due to interference I have gained a lot of respect for especially when you learn the truth about them such as ALIEN 3 and PROMETHEUS. Great job with this video, now I want to watch it again.

There's a melting man character in Nightmare Before Christmas as one of the residents of Halloween Town. Maybe that was a reference to this movie?

I watched this film like 10 times on the MGM HD movie channel. It's the ultimate in Body Horror.

I remember seeing cardboard promo stands and a trailer for this movie as a kid in '77/'78. It looked pretty intense. Update: I just watched the trailer for this movie, and it was different than I remembered. I must have seen a teaser trailer in the theater when I was a kid, because I remembered that trailer showing the astronaut in a transition series of photos from normal to melting state. I finally got to see it for the first time as a young adult in the mid 80s on a late night movie show on TV. I remembered thinking: Wow, this movie was really corny. BTW, I could swear that one of the vocal sound effects we hear as Steve fully melts away at the end of the movie was taken directly from The Exorcist. Thanks for sharing this video.

Saw this for the first time back in the '90's on our weekly bad movie nights. He walks up hill, he walks down dale, he..well, he walks a lot. Also slow-mo nurse scene is a standout.

I love GBF and I love RLM, Both are fun and entertaining to watch. - I will continue to watch both. Great work GBF.

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Loved your first video about this film. I’m glad your revisited.

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

One of my favorite episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000

Fantastic movie.

One of the funniest movies ever made. A laugh a minute. This movie will have you melting in your seat.

I was captured with the nurse scene, running and screaming. What a masterpiece!

Always loved the original video of this movie

I saw this in the theater as a kid, it scared me to death, but I still loved it!

“I’ve never heard of you, and you’re playing the fucking ‘Incredible Melting Man’ so cut the crap!” I’m dying!! Haha!

My father took me to see this at the drive-in. Told me it was gonna be like "Star Wars", I was in the 4th grade. He wouldn't let me look away when there was a gory scene or close my eyes. It was the scene where the fisherman runs into the melting man & the head floating on the water & going over the waterfall into the rocks. I was physically ill for 2 days & would vomit every time I thought about it. After that I couldn't watch anything that depicted any type of head injury for at least a year or it would trigger the memory of that scene. Good times

High praise

i LOVE the MST3k episode where they riffed this and i love your GBF episode on this movie. Can't wait to watch this episode!

I first saw this, Laserblast and Godzilla vs. Megalon on MST3K. These were all movies(among several others) I had read articles on in the old Famous Monsters magazine and would years later view on a Sunday Morning with Joel(or Mike) and the Bots. Great show, as per usual.

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I looooveee this movie 💚

I remember seeing this way back in 1982 when it was premiered on British television on ITV the only time it was shown as far as I recall...must admit the effects freaked me out at the time & I remember going to school the next day talking about it to a couple of classmates. I had no idea at the time that the legendary Rick Baker was the man behind this effects extravaganza.

Your review of this movie from years back was actually the first video I saw of yours! Glad to see it's come full circle! Though I did get annoyed at how many times you said "Saturn" in the video lol

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! ...is there another way to say Saturn that I'm not aware of?

So cool! The TV ads for this movie freaked me out as a little kid! Thanks for the exploration of this old guy’s childhood nightmare fuel! Lol

@GoodBadFlicks

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@cjc363636

Жыл бұрын

Same here! I'm a '67 kid, and the ads for this would nearly send me out of the TV room!

I have a soft spot for this movie just because of the connection to the best scene in RoboCop.

I learned about this movie because the trailer was on some Godzilla VHS tape I had, forget the exact one but I think it was Terror of MechaGodzilla. The two trailers on the VHS were The Incredible Melting Man and Mars needs Women.

God damn man I love your videos

Crazy that I saw this so long ago and you and RLM do a vid on it in the same week!