Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)

Watched in 2023 (80 movies items)

"20.4 DVD"

Total ineptitude in every way possible

“If it wasn't for MST3K, I wouldn't have seen Manos: The Hands of Fate. I knew I had to see it to see if it really was that bad. The negative criticisms and those slamming it as the worst movie ever do not lie, Manos: The Hands of Fate is as bad as all that. There is such thing as a terrible movie that has novelty comic value, but there is also such thing as a movie that is too inept to take that into consideration. Some will disagree, but I consider Manos: The Hands of Fate as a good example of the latter. To call the way the movie is made amateurish is being too kind, the camera work and editing are all over the place and makes anything that happens incomprehensible. The visual effects are dated and make everything even more artificial than it already is, while the bizarre and often out o” read more

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"Cults are bad! Obvious cult, is obvious cult. Avoid the road less taken! “We are on the road to Manos.”"

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"No täytyihän se Manos katsoa. En tiedä miksi. Yleissivistys?"

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"A film made as part of a bet, and man does the extremely low budget show. Not just technically awful, but also featuring a dull, nonsensical storyline!"

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"15/3/17 Appalling horror in which a family end up at an inn and are drawn into a cult. The opening seems to be made up of landscape passing by from the view of a moving car, while the acting is excruciatingly dire, particularly Manos, who roams around in a black robe while women in white roll around the floor. And then I woke up!"