A British woman visits her husband at a Mexican mine that he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine because of an ancient curse. The couple enters ...
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| Samantha Eggar | ... | Jennifer Baines | |
| Stuart Whitman | ... | Father Cunningham | |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Mark Baines (as Roy Cameron Jenson) | |
| Narciso Busquets | ... | Dr. Julian Rivkin | |
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Erika Carlsson | ... | Nurse Morgan |
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Lew Saunders | ... | Sgt. Leo Matson |
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José Chávez | ... | Pepe (as Jose Chavez Trowe) |
| Ted White | ... | Frankie | |
| Haji | ... | Angela (as Hajo Catton) | |
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George Soviak | ... | Sgt. Needham |
| Whitey Hughes | ... | Gambler | |
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Al Jones | ... | Patrolman Yates |
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A British woman visits her husband at a Mexican mine that he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine because of an ancient curse. The couple enters the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently releases a demon that possess people's left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner. The only way for a possessed person to free themselves from this torment is to cut off his/her left hand, after which it scurries away in search of its next victim. Written by R Lindsay
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Country:
MexicoLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
June 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Demonoid: Messenger of Death! See more »Filming Locations:
Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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1.78 : 1
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Alfredo Zacarías initially wanted Roger Corman to pick this film up for a theatrical release, but ultimately decided to distribute this movie himself. See more »Goofs
(around 33 min) The mine owners death a crew member or fire crew can be seen briefly crossing the burning hut from right to left. See more »Alternate Versions
A comparison between the US version and the Mexican version shows that both contain different footage. The face-crusher death scenes are more violent on the Media Home Entertainment version. The Mexican version has an alternate soundtrack, extended dialog scenes, cut scenes, alternate death scenes, and a slightly different ending. However, it is missing the first three minutes of the satanic cult chopping the girl's hand off. See more »Connections
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A severed hand found in a Mexican mine causes all sorts of trouble for the couple (Samantha Eggar and Roy Cameron) when the hand takes over Cameron and forces him onto a massive killing spree and the hand's main target appears to be Eggar. Fast paced, sometimes scary, sometimes unintentionally funny horror flick features some rather nasty special effects. Rated R.