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An error has ocurred. Please try againThis isn't a fully defined or recognized genre. It's what horror aficionados refer to among themselves as a "micro-genre". There aren't a whole lot of melt movies, so fans of the melt have to dig around and discover what is and what isn't a "Melt Movie".
One thing that most people engaged in this useless, yet entertaining micro-genre discussion agree upon: It's not a melt movie if it's just one scene and/or melting bodies isn't part of the main plot. For example, the face melting scene at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, or the wicked witch melting into a puddle of goo in Wizard of Oz.
But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the one off melting scenes in movies. That's why I have an extended list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls090820769/
Notes: i. Mandy is on this list because it pays homage to melt movies with some of the villains drinking goo out of a jar, gaining psychotic strength, and making squishy sounds while they walk; which reminded me of a plot device from Slime City. About halfway through, the jar of goo is revisited and goes full melt movie for a good minute or so. Great fantasy/horror/psychedelic movie regardless. When I watched it the first time, I honestly had no idea it was going to have anything to do with the melt micro-genre, but was pleasantly surprised. It stays on this list because the plot device isn't isolated to just one scene. You may disagree -- hell, I'm tempted to take it off the list after the kitsch wears off, but it's a hidden gem that I haven't heard any melt fans talking about.
ii. If you don't think Season 3 of Stranger Things is worth your time, watch the last 5 minutes of episode 6. Perhaps the greatest melt scene of all time. (They really put their big budget to good use!!!) There's more melt at the beginning of the episode and scattered throughout the season, and The Stuff is referenced at a movie theater. Really worth watching if you like melt movies and 80s horror/fantasy/scifi in general.
iii. Toxic Avenger isn't pure melt, but the main character's origin and skin transformation is very melty, so you have no choice but to gaze into his melted face the whooole movie. However, if you want to see the best melt scene in the series -- seeing as this is a melt movie list -- watch the ending scene of Part III. I think it occurs in "Level 5". It's such a boring, boring movie, but when Toxie is reverted back to being weak little Melvin, it's pretty rad. Also, when he turns the devil inside out it reminded me of that one part in Society. Silly but disgusting.
iv. Troll 2 is a melt movie. They turn people into goopy plant material to consume. It's not a one off scene. It's a main plot device for the trolls to trick humans into eating food that will chemically alter them into plant goop. In some ways its more melt than The Stuff, which doesn't really melt so much as pour and explode out of bodies. Sorta like the Stay Puff Marshmellow Man. Troll 2 gets denied -- but not by me! It's a bad movie, but it hurts so good.
And now, without further ado -- adieu, adieu, adieu -- The Compendium of Melt Movies:
This is the extended list featuring movies with only a melt or two, or that have segmented portions of the movie which are full melt, like the scene "The Raft" in Creepshow II.
Reviews
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011)
Almost watchable...
Almost...
The beginning of the film felt reminiscent of Gaspar Noe's I Stand Alone, but became unwatchable for me very quickly. I like shocking films, but I don't revel in torture gore. (Unless it's unrealistic gore from 70s and 80s films.) I will admit however that I could not finish the film, so there may be more to it than I'm willing to give it credit for, as it was a much more interesting premise than the original. Giving it 3 Stars for that reason alone, otherwise it'd be a 1, where irredeemable snuff belongs. I long for the days of the obviously fake, fantasy gore of Cronenberg...
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
It wasn't the best movie but on a fair rating scale it's not lower than a 5 or 6
10 Stars is a movie I could watch any time it's available or on television. Subjectively movies I love, not the best movies objectively. You know your 10s.
9 Stars is a movie that is a great film, but not a movie I could always watch.
8 Stars is a good movie that I wanted to be great but had flaws. Still really good.
7 Stars is an okay movie that I wanted more from.
6 Stars is an average movie that kept my interest but wasn't that good.
5 Stars is a less than average movie that had some saving grace, even if just a single great scene and nothing else of note. Top score for a student film.
4 Stars is a bad movie but not the worst.
3 Stars is a bad movie.
2 Stars is a punishment for me to watch yet something kept it above a 1 Star rating...
1 Star is a snuff film, or something with a serious lack of ethics verging on criminal or exploitative and without historical merit, or a really really bad student film that I am forced to watch at a film festival or a film class.
There's almost no actual 1 Star movies of note or that you'd bother rating, unless you watch unscreened student and independent films lol. That's how you know 100s or 1000s of 1 and 2 star ratings are all political messages and culturally divided groupthink. Even the line "Happy Holidays" versus "Merry Christmas" may be enough to cause people to 1 Star bomb this decent but flawed flick. Not the first time people have actively disparaged a movie in mass because of something beyond merit.
Wonder Woman 1984 was an okay movie that I wanted more from.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Hundred Dollar Baby (2006)
Better than the original
This remake of Clint Eastwood's classic is 1000 times greater than the original. It was funny and it ended with a bang. Left me feeling bewildered and saddened -- like what did I just watch? Pretty much what I felt watching the Eastwood version, except I didn't have to wait another hour for the movie to end after all the exciting fight stuff. Much better approach imo. Poignant message and mastercraft ending. Wish I had known about this version of the movie before I sat through 2 hours of the original.
The same production team also made a palatable version of Waiting for Godot, as well. Highly recommended. Better than Beckett could ever imagine.
Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes (1989)
Not an Amityville movie more so than a household appliance horror movie
Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) is less a demonic possession movie and more an electrical appliance and deadly household accident horror movie along the lines of Maximum Overdrive (1986) and movies later in the '90s such as The Mangler (1995) -- Stephen King appliance horror movies; and, also note the Children of the Corn (more King) references with the little blond girl drawing violent crayon art.
It's almost like it's a warning movie for single mothers who read Stephen King novels:
FEAR the INCURABLE tetanus and the DEADLY garbage disposal.
ESCAPE the STRANGLING electrical cord in the attic or the OXYGEN DEPRIVING, SEWAGE SPEWING water pipes in the basement before it's too late!
BEWARE the impenetrable BLAMING GLARE of your grandmother, also a single woman, as she struggles with -- BRATTY CHILDREN!
All of these things can be avoided with proper household disaster prevention tactics -- such as:
1. NOT running your finger along the edge of sharp metallic objects. 2. NOT installing a garbage disposal on/off switch UPSIDE DOWN! 3. Not hoarding heavy appliances with long electrical cords, but if you do, secure any loose cords. 4. Don't lay directly underneath the end of a pipe you're loosening up, especially if you know there's some type of heavy disgusting sewage running through those pipes. Or at least give yourself a little wiggle room even if you become pinned. 5. Get your messed up catatonic daughter with PTSD and daddy issues PROFESSIONAL HELP from the full spectrum of psychiatry, therapy and behavioral science. You don't just listen to some Freudian quack and his pseudo-scientific responses; you seek second, third, and fourth opinions on any serious mental health diagnosis, especially if therapy/medication doesn't provide results.
There's a range of decent to very good acting, as well. Not nearly as bad as some other movies, and happily campy as a consolation prize from time to time. One of the more deliciously twisted scenes depicts a child and a chainsaw that comes alive in his hands! Grandma/mom, don't leave that thing laying around even if it's unplugged!
Amityville: The Evil Escapes may be derivative of its contemporaries but the leading lady is excellent. Thanks Patty Duke, R.I.P. If you want to see truly bad acting from a leading lady, watch Linda Hamilton in the campier but more classic Children of the Corn (1984).
Anyway, good movie when you consider it's actually a household appliance horror movie intended to teach single mothers and grandmothers how to raise healthy children. I give this movie 7 bratty children being watched by 1 nanny, 1 mama, a grandma, and 1 ex- bowling champ with only 1 hand. :)