Mystery Science Theater 3000: 'Manos' the Hands of Fate (1993)
I'm not a major fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 but I try to watch an episode or two ever so often. More times than not I find them to be entertaining and when I do research on which one to watch next it seems most lists out there consider this episode to be one of the best.
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE is without question one of the strangest, most bizarre and flat out weirdest films that you're ever going to see. The film alone is so bad and strange that you can't help recommend it to people to watch even without the MST3K comments.
Having now seen the episode there's no question that it's one of the best that I've seen as there's one terrific joke after another. HIRED! is the short that kicks things off and there are some nice gags throughout it but the real fun happens when MANOS starts. Let's be serious for a second. The subject matter is so good that it would be impossible for the MST3K crowd to mess it up.
There are some hilarious jokes aimed at Torgo, the crippled assistant in the film. The women fighting in their pajamas? Some classic jokes. Obviously not every joke is going to land but there's no question that the majority of the ones here do land and they are quite funny.
Episode: A