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Manos, the Hands of Fate

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While on a desert excursion, a family encounters cultists who use human hands as sacrificial offerings to their god.

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Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com Atrocious on every level...but there is something to say about the fact that it exists, and the drive he had to get it made. Oct 26, 2018 Full Review Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com It's sloppy, inexcusably cheap, and very silly, but it retains a certain moxie that suggests Warren wasn't intentionally tanking the production, he just didn't know what he was doing. Rated: C Jul 19, 2020 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Yes, it's the one, the only, the must-be-seen-to-be-disbelieved Manos: The Hands of Fate. Rated: 1/4 Apr 28, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The bad film has no pleasure value, as it is irritating and never funny. Rated: D Oct 17, 2015 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed It's not even a movie; it's barely a time killer. It's more of a soul killer. Jul 20, 2015 Full Review TV Guide Staff TV Guide Often cited as one of the worst films ever. Rated: 0/5 Jan 7, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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The M A story about a family that takes refuge at a house after a long trip, however something sinister has other plans. This film is a guide of what not to do when making a film. Every scene and dialogue was cheapen and very low quality. Very bad acting, car headlights as main lighting, overlooped scenes. Everything is in general bad and the only thing to take good from this is to take note of what not to do. There is no bright side to this no budget film, however it is comical of how bad it really is. It is perhaps if not the only worst film to ever surface. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/17/24 Full Review Murilo A No, just no, NO! JUST NO! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/09/24 Full Review Bruce J I've never, ever seen anything even close to this bad. Yes if you watch it with MST 3000 it is fun, but in its own, it is so bad that I can't believe it is real. I don't think anyone I know could make a mob or this bad if they tried. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review David W Utterly, utterly terrible but somehow, mainly due it's total ineptitude, strangely watchable in a what am I witnessing kind of way. The acting, direction, editing, dubbing, that awful off key faux jazz saxaphone music, the script and dialogue in general, the well everything is legendarily bad and for a very good reason. The best incarnation is the MST3K version which is side splittingly hilarious and its that which I give the five stars to. Approach watching the incoherent, babbling, almost consciousness alteringly bad original with care though. For connoisseurs of bad movies this is a stone cold classic and worthy of mention alongside the very worst in cinematic history. It's worth watching purely for John Reynolds as Torgo, who gives one of the all time great awful performances and to stand so prominently out against all the other awful performances in this mess you have to acknowledge the supreme greatness of his almost unfathomable badness. The whole movie is an exercise in absolute and wonderously complete ineptitude. A sight to behold and a stark warning to anyone who thinks they can just make a movie with no training or actual talent. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/24 Full Review Red T 0 Out of 5. This is the worst thing I've ever seen. Not one redeeming quality at all. Torture to listen too even. Words can't describe the complete lack of ineptitude. Even Ed Wood understood movies better. God.... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/26/23 Full Review Andrew S He killed him with a rusty tailpipe. $175000 in 2023 money put to good use. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis While on a desert excursion, a family encounters cultists who use human hands as sacrificial offerings to their god.
Director
Harold P. Warren
Producer
Harold P. Warren
Screenwriter
Harold P. Warren
Distributor
Emerson Film Enterprises
Production Co
Sun City Films, Norm-Iris
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 15, 1966, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 14m
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