Curse of the Stone Hand (1964)

User Rating:

1.3/10   

Directors:

Jerry Warren
Carlos Hugo Christensen

Writers:

Jorge Janise (segment)
Robert Louis Stevenson (short story "The Suicide Club")

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

What lurid secret lied [sic] beyond that hidden door?

Plot:

A disembodied, crawling hand commits murders. |

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Independent Film

Cast

Chela Bon	...	Beth (as Sheila Bon)
John Carradine	...	The Old Drunk
Carlos Cores	...	Robert Braun (as Charles Cores)
Alejandro Flores	...	Charles (as Alex Lore)
Lloyd Nelson
Horacio Peterson	...	Jamie, Charles' brother (as Horace Peterson)
Maria Teresa Squella	...	Ruth
Judith Sulian	...	Mrs. Braun
Bruno VeSota	...	Narrator
Katherine Victor	...	Connie's Sister
Ernesto Vilches	...	Uncle Huey (storyteller) (as Ernest Walch)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

A.D.P. Pictures Inc.

Movie Connections:

Edited from La casa está vacía (1945)

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Curse of the Stone Hand (1964)

BOMB (out of 4)

Here's another history lesson for you fine folks, this time we take another look at the incredible hack Jerry Warren who really is the worst director ever. What Mr. Warren would do is buy foreign movies, cut them in half, hire John Carradine to film a couple new scenes and then add narration over the foreign elements of the film. Warren would then release these films as something "new" but they always turned out horrible and that's no different here. A mysterious stone hand is causing people to kill themselves but who cares? The "stone hand" only shows up twice and really doesn't play a part in the film. Warren took a Mexican film and another one from Chile to edit together and on their own both films appear to be quite good but with 2/3rds of them edited out there's really nothing this film is good for.