Zooiblog‘Manos’ the Hands of Fate
- Ethan
- Vidar
- Math Jazz
- Yako Fujimato
Four stars of the film took their own lives shortly after shooting was completed: John Reynolds (Torgo), Diane Mahree (Margaret), Joyce Molleur (Makeout Girl) and Sherry Proctor (one of the Master’s wives).
‘Manos’ the Hands of Fate is ranked fourth on the bottom 100 on the IMDb. In my opinion, that’s an understatement. Not even SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 is worse than this. Honestly.
The plot itself is somewhat horrorish, but by no means succeeds to scare people. I’ve tried to look at this plot summary, but it just scares me. Also, the fact that they tried to make it as low budget as possible is just a bad way of making movies. And of course, what plot can make a movie so bad four people (actors!) commit suicide?
A family on vacation in the desert takes a wrong turn and ends up in an old dark house run by the creepy Torgo, who says he takes care of the place while The Master is away. As night falls the family is menaced by The Master and his wives, a supernatural cult that worships the evil deity known as Manos.
Oh, there’s one little thing that should not be forgotten. Hal Warren, the director, didn’t live to enjoy its glory. Died of Leukemia just a couple of weeks after someone discovered his infamous film “Manos: the Hands of Fate”. He tried to deny the existence of the film for a long time.
— Biography for Hal Warren
(Please note that I got my information from Geert and the IMDb. Rumours say it’s not completely true… But that’s up to you to decide.)
Edited some sentences as Mathias found it a bit too hard to understand. Should be okay now!
