25.7.11

manos: the hands of fate (1966)


"Not dead the way you know it. He is with us always."
A couple and their kid get lost trying to find their holiday lodge, and end up staying at a sinister place in the desert, ignoring their better instincts. When their dog is savaged to death they make to leave, also creeped out by the prescence of the weird caretaker Torgo (John Reynolds). But are forced to stay when their car fails to start. They are then further disturbed when they come across the master that Torgo has been babbling about, laid out in his death shroud surrounded by comatose women. The night can only get worse...
The lowest of the low, in all senses; budget, script, direction and acting all combine to make for a captivating film, for all the wrong reasons. Even the director supposedly thought this the worst film ever made, and he may be have been right.

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