This particular episode was included as a DVD extra. I had never heard of the series and cannot comment on all of it--just this particular one.
As another reviewer pointed out, the series was made in Sweden and is dubbed into English with Swedish subtitles as well. An American-made prologue and epilogue starring Lon Chaney, Jr. was stuck onto it--in a somewhat haphazard manner.
This show, "The Hand", is a rip-off of various movies from the 1930s (such as "The Hands of Orlac" but it was handled in a rather poor manner. the show begins with a traffic accident--which is only heard off camera! In the aftermath, a doctor is trapped in the car. Instead of waiting, he oddly decides to slice off his own hand to free himself!! Then, as he saw the driver who caused the accident was dead, he sawed off this man's hand and sewed it back on himself. How, exactly, he did this is beyond me--and the show didn't explain this. Later, this new hand began to act independently--and showed a desire to kill. It turns out that the hand had belonged to a psychopathic murderer. Bummer.
Frankly, "The Hands of Orlac" handled the story much, much better. Heck, the "Simpsons" Halloween episode where Homer got Snake's scalp (in an odd variation on the story) was done much more convincingly! Considering the many logical errors and cheapness of the show, I don't feel particularly inclined to seek out the other twelve episodes and can see why it has faded into obscurity.
As another reviewer pointed out, the series was made in Sweden and is dubbed into English with Swedish subtitles as well. An American-made prologue and epilogue starring Lon Chaney, Jr. was stuck onto it--in a somewhat haphazard manner.
This show, "The Hand", is a rip-off of various movies from the 1930s (such as "The Hands of Orlac" but it was handled in a rather poor manner. the show begins with a traffic accident--which is only heard off camera! In the aftermath, a doctor is trapped in the car. Instead of waiting, he oddly decides to slice off his own hand to free himself!! Then, as he saw the driver who caused the accident was dead, he sawed off this man's hand and sewed it back on himself. How, exactly, he did this is beyond me--and the show didn't explain this. Later, this new hand began to act independently--and showed a desire to kill. It turns out that the hand had belonged to a psychopathic murderer. Bummer.
Frankly, "The Hands of Orlac" handled the story much, much better. Heck, the "Simpsons" Halloween episode where Homer got Snake's scalp (in an odd variation on the story) was done much more convincingly! Considering the many logical errors and cheapness of the show, I don't feel particularly inclined to seek out the other twelve episodes and can see why it has faded into obscurity.