MANOS: The Hands of Fate of Fate
February 24, 2011 2 Comments
Release Date: 1966
Tagline: It’s Shocking! It’s Beyond Your Imagination!
Director/Writer: Hal Warren
Starring:
Hal Warren
Tom Neyman
John Reynolds
Diane Mahree
Jackey Neyman
Hall of Fame – Class of 2008
Plot Synopsis by Justin: Michael, his wife Margaret and daughter Debbie go on a car trip. After taking a wrong turn, they wind up in a hotel that would be seedy even if it were located in the Red Light District in Tijuana during a smallpox outbreak. The caretaker, a creepy guy named Torgo who suffers from elephantitis of the knees and is really worried about what the unseen “Master” will and won’t approve of, greets them. As it turns out, the Master is a guy that vaguely looks like John Wilkes Booth, wanders around in a graduation robe with big red hands on the front and is married to a pack of nightgown clad women who really enjoy a good catfight. The women can’t decide how many of the family they want dead, but the Master really wants to add Margaret to his harem. After Torgo and the Master have a falling out over who gets Margaret, the Master’s wives (who’ve just finished a ten minute catfight) massage Torgo to death. Michael gets clubbed, tied to a stake and made out with. Margaret and Debbie just disappear. The end is a twist: as a new family arrives at Hotel Torgo, a hypnotized Michael, the Master’s new caretaker, greets them. Fortunately, he’s allowed to keep his normal-sized knees.
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[...] first saw Manos: The Hands of Fate back when I worked at the L.A. Weekly. One of my co-workers brought it in and we watched the whole [...]
[...] first saw “Manos” The Hands of Fate back when I worked at the L.A. Weekly. One of my co-workers brought it in and we watched the whole [...]