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Astronaut | Crashing Through Glass
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Budget 250,000 USD
The films budget was so low that the production couldn't afford stock footage of Saturn for its opening scene. Instead public domain stock footage of the sun and a satellite (a moon) was used for the scene where Scorpio V orbits Saturn.
To achieve the gruesome Melting Man monster, makeup effects artist Rick Baker fashioned a slightly over sized skull-shaped helmet for actor Alex Rebar to wear. The piece was painted flesh tone and then was cover by a gooey concoction of syrup and paint. The drippy substance would have to be re-applied for every take of the Melting Man. At the end of each shoot Rebar would have so much of the sticky stuff on him that he would literally have to peel his costume off.
Reportedly, makeup artist Rick Baker created a number of gruesome appliances that were never used in the film because star Alex Rebar refused to wear them.
Famed director Jonathan Demme ("Stop Making Sense (1984)," "The Silence of the Lambs (1991)") has a credited role as Matt Winters.
Director William Sachs originally intended the film to be a campy, comic book-type homage to old school monster movies. However, the producers wanted a more grim straight-forward horror picture. The clashing of ideas resulted in much of the off-beat (and occasionally bizarre) tone of the film.
"Steve West: You've never seen anything, til you've seen the Sun through the rings of Saturn!"
"[it's lunch time at the Nelson home] Dr. Ted Nelson: Steve escaped. Judy Nelson: Oh God. What're you gonna do? Dr. Ted Nelson: Uh... did you get some crackers? I told you yesterday that we needed some crackers. Judy Nelson: Oh, I forgot. I knew there was something... Y'know there's uh, there's a pad right by the phone y'know, you could write it down too. [she brings over his soup] Judy Nelson: So what about Steve? Dr. Ted Nelson: So, we don't have any crackers? Judy Nelson: Ted. Steve? Dr. Ted Nelson: Steve? I've got to go out and find Steve."
