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.
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Cast
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Tom Neyman | ... | The Master |
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John Reynolds | ... | Torgo |
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Diane Adelson | ... | Margaret (as Diane Mahree) |
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Harold P. Warren | ... | Michael (as Hal Warren) |
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Stephanie Nielson | ... | Master's Wife |
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Sherry Proctor | ... | Master's Wife |
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Robin Redd | ... | Master's Wife |
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Jackey Neyman Jones | ... | Debbie (as Jackey Neyman) |
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Bernie Rosenblum | ... | Teenager in Car |
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Joyce Molleur | ... | Teenager in Car |
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William Bryan Jennings | ... | Cop |
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Jay Hall | ... | Girl in Convertible |
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Bettye Birns | ... | Master's Wife |
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Lelanie Hansard | ... | Girl in Convertible |
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Pat Coburn | ... | Master's Wife |
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A family driving through a small town gets lost and winds up at a backwoods shack managed by Torgo, who takes care of it while The Master is away. The Master worships Manos, an evil deity, and he also wears a neat cape. When Torgo lets the family stay, The Master awakens and does mean stuff like burning off Torgo's hand and sicking his dog on the family pet. Meanwhile, The Master's wives wrestle for his favor. Written by Jeremy Yuenger <yuenger@tony.bc.edu>
Plot Keywords:
family in peril | reference to alexander graham bell | luggage | dismemberment | multiple wives |Taglines:
A cult of weird, horrible people who gather beautiful women only to deface them with a burning hand! See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 November 1966 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$19,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Margaret: We're almost there, honey. Just a little while longer and your vacation starts.
Debbie: I'm getting cold, mother, and hungry!
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The Master's "Lodge of Sins" was the ranch of then-El Paso County Judge Colbert Coldwell. See more »Goofs
When The Master is waving Torgo's stick at him, he waves it slowly side-to-side from Torgo's point of view. Seen from behind, he jerks it around quickly. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Margaret: We're almost there, honey. Just a little while longer and your vacation starts.
Debbie: I'm getting cold, mother, and hungry!
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Okay. This is officially the worst movie ever made. Not because it's poorly done, because there are movies, like "Monster A-Go-Go", that are more poorly conceived, acted, directed, filmed, and edited. But "Manos" stands out because it is so incomprehensibly bad. It is SO bad that it is hard to imagine it was done by accident. It often seems like they film is supposed to be bad, and that the director is actually brilliantly creating a horrible film, because this kind of badness doesn't usually come from apathy or a lack of talent and money. This is worse.
The film is also very icky and very dull. Almost nothing happens (certainly not anything interesting) and if you survive the first ten minutes of driving around the countryside you'll just want everyone in the film to die.
However, because this movie is so brilliantly and incredibly bad, I suggest everyone watch it just to know it. Everyone should see "Citizen Kane" because it is the watermark for all good movies. Everyone should see "Manos" for the same reason. It puts all other bad movies to shame. I do suggest though, that it be watched ONLY as the MST3K version, since the team does a good job riffing the film. Even they seem to be too caught up in the film's reeking badness at times that they are just stunned, but they still do a good job. I also doubt you would find a regular version of this movie, since I doubt anyone would be crazy enough to have one.
Interestingly, the guy who plays the mean, stupid, and totally useless husband wrote, directed, and produced the film, and the guy who plays "The Master" did the art direction. They both failed in all their work. No one in this movie has ever done anything else. Thank God.