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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Plot Synopsis
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A family's driving across the country where they stumble across a mysterious house, inhabited by the satyr-man Torgo. When the family decide to stay over at the house, the family's mother is now the object of desire for Torgo and the owner of the house, The Master: a mysterious figure whom dresses in a black robe, decorated with red hands. Written by Johnny
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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:
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15 November 1966 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$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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"Manos" is Spanish for "hands". Translated, the title is "Hands: The Hands of Fate". The Master's outfit has two red hands on it and Torgo's walking stick has a hand on top of it. See more »Goofs
During the search for Debbie, the scarf on Margaret's head disappears and reappears several times. 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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Among the scenes edited from the film for its appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1993 were a short scene of the family taking a wrong turn en route to valley lodge, more scenes of the family fleeing the cult, and a scene of the Master repeatedly smacking his defiant wife. See more »Contribute to This Page
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Some films are so bad, they're good. Meaning "fun" or "entertaining" or at least "interesting"... But few films can claim to be so dreadful, you actually feel physical pain while viewing them. So bad are these damned few that you don't experience them or watch them: you "endure" them. This is the mother of all such films!
"Manos the hands of fate" is without a doubt the most inept and atrociously awful film ever made. Its poorness is so extreme that of itself it is the film's strongest selling point. The script is non-existent, the acting makes Steven Seagal look like a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the editing could have been less horrendously botched by a blind Eskimo with no arms. It is also painfully slow. this film makes might barely last 70 minutes but you will feel like you've aged ten years by the end of it. That's what makes a film truly bad: the fact that despite its overbearing weaknesses it isn't even entertaining!
Many people look back at the sixties and think, with obvious resentment for today's cinematic output, that "they don't make them like this anymore!". Watching "Manos..." would cure any breed of hardcore nostalgia.
In the end I can not advise against this strongly enough. This is for the masochist in you (or the sadist if you insist on showing it to friends). Any other part of your person can only feel pained or offended by such extreme trash!