A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo.A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo.A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo.
Diane Adelson
- Margaret
- (as Diane Mahree)
Harold P. Warren
- Michael
- (as Hal Warren)
Jackey Neyman Jones
- Debbie
- (as Jackey Neyman)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaCast and crew recall that John Reynolds was on LSD during filming. It explains his confused behavior and incessant twitching in virtually all of his scenes.
- GoofsThe female teenager in the car misses her cue, looks directly into the camera, then delivers her line.
- Crazy creditsThe End?
- Alternate versionsThe DVD version is a few seconds shorter than the original. For example, the film once started with the car (with mom, dad and Debbie) pulling up and stopping BEFORE the dialog starts. There is also a little music that was cut out. The full opening can be seen in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into Manos: The Fans of Hate (2009)
- SoundtracksRow, Row, Row Your Boat
(uncredited)
English language nursery rhyme
Sung by Diane Adelson and Harold P. Warren
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Total ineptitude in every way possible
If it wasn't for MST3K, I wouldn't have seen Manos: The Hands of Fate. I knew I had to see it to see if it really was that bad. The negative criticisms and those slamming it as the worst movie ever do not lie, Manos: The Hands of Fate is as bad as all that. There is such thing as a terrible movie that has novelty comic value, but there is also such thing as a movie that is too inept to take that into consideration. Some will disagree, but I consider Manos: The Hands of Fate as a good example of the latter. To call the way the movie is made amateurish is being too kind, the camera work and editing are all over the place and makes anything that happens incomprehensible. The visual effects are dated and make everything even more artificial than it already is, while the bizarre and often out of sync sound effects and a score that is shrill and monotonous are enough to make your ears bleed. And even when your poor ears are suffering enough, they are assaulted even more by dialogue that is stilted, insultingly cheesy and too talky and some of the worst and annoying acting ever in film history. The villain is quite possibly the most laughable and underwhelming villain ever and you'd be hard pressed to find one that is worse-acted than here. Torga is the best thing about Manos: The Hands of Fate, but that's saying nothing as he's still irritating. The direction is so flat that you have to look hard to find evidence of any direction at all, while the story is incredibly thin and is so plodding that you're dying of boredom. In conclusion, hopelessly inept. 0/10 Bethany Cox
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- Apr 18, 2013
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- Also known as
- Fingers of Fate
- Filming locations
- 2310 Scenic Dr., El Paso, Texas, USA(opening shot at scenic overlook)
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- Budget
- $19,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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