Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Manos, the Hands of Fate
by Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy (II), Vince Rodriguez
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Actor: Bill Corbett, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Patrick Brantseg, Trace BeaulieuDirector: Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson, Kevin Murphy (II), Trace Beaulieu, Vince Rodriguez
Primary Contributor: Trace Beaulieu
Primary Contributor: Joel Hodgson
Primary Contributor: Kevin Murphy (II)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Rhino Theatrical
DVD Reviews of Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Manos, the Hands of Fate
DVD Review: good
Summary: 5 Stars
It was good. The movie was clear and with no glitches and the box it was in had nothing wrong with it.DVD Review: There is no way out of here. It's getting dark...There is no way out of here!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a lot funnier with the MST3K crew commenting...Otherwise 'Manos' might be pretty boring to watch for most people. Unless you are a diehard "So bad it's good" movie fan I DO suggest the MST3K version...And even then...it's not a movie for the faint of heart...It's supposed to be a horror movie...but other than being FRIGHTENINGLY BAD it's not really scary.
This is indeed the worst movie ever! IT'S AWFUL IN EVERY WAY A MOVIE COULD POSSIBLY BE AWFUL...Go ahead, just pick any random movie flaw humanly possible and "Manos" is sure to have it! Bad camera work? YES! Horrible editing? NO DOUBT! Bad script? BIGTIME! Terrible, repetitive and pointless dialogue? YOU BET! Bad sound quality paired with painfully bad music? OF COURSE! Lips moving and the words not even remotely matching? YEAH! Tons of holes, endless mistakes and a plot that goes nowhere? ABSOLUTELY! Ridiculous ending that makes you say "WTF?" as you scratch your head dumbfounded? TOTALLY!
So why watch it? Well, other than watching it for educational purposes (example: you are teaching a 'how not to make movies' class etc) the best reason to see this is because IT'S HILARIOUS! The very idea that anyone would release a movie this horrid is in itself a miracle! People took lots of drugs in the 60's and indeed many bad movies came into being as a result. THIS travesty puts them all to shame! Even in the 60's people knew this film was bad. It was bad then, it's bad now and truthfully even with the whole MST3K team doing their best to make it funny, it's STILL pretty bad! It isn't just bad, it is monumentally and historically bad!
Many things about this movie are funny but for all the wrong reasons! The scene where Torgo says "There is no way out of here. It's getting dark. There is no way out of here." in a flat, monotone voice, I KNEW this movie was a GEM! This is an especially funny line because bright afternoon SUNLIGHT is shining right on his face as he says it! AHAHAHAHAHA!
The plot is basically: Family stays in some creepy house because it's supposedly getting 'dark' outside at 2pm in the afternoon and they are 'lost'. Why the husband thinks it's a good idea to stay here, we have no clue. You'd think he would listen to his wife's corny, over acted "But I DON'T WANT to stay here!" right after she complains "It's getting DARK!" also while in broad daylight!...They are told the "Master" doesn't like visitors and yet they still stay in a creepy place with clearly disturbed people knowing they are not welcome there...Makes perfect sense, right? To make a long and senseless movie short, the family are now prisoners of this creepy Satanic cult run by this "Master" guy who wears a black graduation robe with 2 huge red hands spray painted on it...The horror! Another highlight is the ludicrous catfight scene with the wives! HAHAHAHA!
My suggestion is to get the MST3K version of this movie. You could always try watching the movie in it's original form but don't say nobody warned you! It's SLOW, BORING AND UNWATCHABLE, unless you are in a group of loud crazy people making fun of it! There one reason I give this dreck 5 stars: The only reason anyone would ever watch Manos, the Hands of Fate is because they want a BAD movie! If bad is what you want, this is indeed the WORST movie I have ever seen on every level possible!
DVD Review: 5 stars only for the MST3K version - give Joel a Mano for doing this movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of or it is the most popular episode of the Joel era. The most horrific movie ever made which became A perfect MST episode, with fantastic jokes and skits. This film deserved every riff given to it. Almost anyone could riffle this movie. Joel as Manos is funny. He is too nice to be Manos. Try watching Manos on its own,it is a challenge. The first 10 minutes I couldn't even keep a straight face. Why would anyone in their right mind spend a night with devil worshipers when they could have just driven off is beyond me. Terrible acting,dialog,miserable ending, just a non movie movie. Hal Warren's only movie thank God. This was Grade Z trash at its finest..DVD Review: One of my favorite episdoes
Summary: 5 Stars
Like I said this is one of my favorite MST3K episodes. One things I like is when they make a funny comment but at a low volume. Like when Mike repeats "She'll my baby she'll understand", and one of the robots says: "Didn't he just say that."
DVD Review: A movie that deserves its reputation!
Summary: 5 Stars
Of course, this could be said of both the original, un-riffed version of "Manos: The Hands of Fate" and the version that remained once Best Brains was done with it. Make no mistake, "Manos" is a bad, bad movie, with an asinine title ("manos" is Spanish for "hands," meaning that the title is literally "Hands: The Hands of Fate") and production values that actually make "Plan 9 From Outer Space" look semi-professional, which I say without the slightest hint of exaggeration. It's that bad. But it takes a singular genius to take a movie this tragic and make it entertaining, and that's exactly the kind of genius that Best Brains possessed. (Best Brains is the production company that produced Mystery Science Theater 3000. Of course, chances are good that if you're reading this, you know that already, but just in case, there ya go.)
The plot of the movie, such as it is, sees a man and his family traveling across the countryside; great, wide expanses of countryside, in fact, which the film presents in painful, excruciating detail. They stop to spend the night at a... motel? Bed-and-breakfast? Halfway house? The movie's not very clear on this point. Nor is it very clear on what the problem is with Torgo, the house-boy with the unimaginably hideous knees and stutter that will make your skin crawl. (The story goes that the actor who played Torgo was provided with leg prosthetics that, if worn correctly, would have given him the appearance of a satyr or minor devil, but he insisted on wearing them backwards for some unfathomable reason; and the director, apparently a little fuzzy on his job description, didn't object. The fact that he--the actor, not the director--was apparently on an unspecified number of drugs at the time probably goes a long way toward explaining it, though.) There's more, but really, what's the point? All you need to know is that, as low as the movie has sunk thus far, it somehow manages to sink even lower before the end. I won't spoil it, but I will drop another bit of trivia: The only actors who were paid for their participation were the young girl (a new bike) and the dog (a bag of kibble), a fact that will probably not surprise you once you've seen this film.
The plot of the show is even simpler: Guy and two robots watch howlingly bad movies and make fun of them.
Unfortunately, as far as the Mystery Science Theater treatment is concerned, some of the humor in this episode is a little dated; it was produced in 1993, after all, before we were given such rich comedic gold mines as OJ Simpson and the infamous blue dress. (Another episode, I think it's the one featuring "Catalina Caper," features a character who looks EXACTLY like Drew Carey, but of course since he was unknown at the time the episode was made, the resemblance is painfully ignored.) But truthfully, if you're new to the concept of Mystery Science Theater 3000, there's no better place to begin. The jokes are so non-stop that a second (and third and fourth and fifth) viewing are more or less required just to catch them all, although they do lose some of their potency toward the end--evidently, even the writers at Best Brains felt the sting of this hideous movie. I will warn you, though, that you probably don't want to let the kids watch this episode; the weird bacchanalia with the scarcely-robed dancers that erupts near the end is disturbing enough for adult viewers, let alone children.
I've babbled long enough. Buy this film. Watch the Best Brains version, then watch the uncut version (helpfully included) and see what they put themselves through for you.
Description of Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Manos, the Hands of Fate
Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 11/20/2001Arguably the worst movie that our lovable pals Joel, Crow, and Tom Servo have ever had the pain of watching, Manos: Hands of Fate is destined to be an MST3K classic for this very reason. Not only is there a sparse, illogical plot, but the cinematography is nonsensical (note Servo's point about the endless countryside ride in Texas). That said, Manos must be watched, and cringed at, and commented on by its viewers because of the director's amazingly awful vision of what a horror film should be. What plot there is involves a vacationing family being trapped in a remote ranch house in the desert that's "managed" by a greasy, what looks to be stoned, oversize bow-legged keeper named "Torgo." As the movie goes on, and one finds the "master" and his harem of semi-dead women clad in see-through white dresses, one wonders more and more what the hell this movie was supposed to be about. Even Dr.?Forrester and Frank feel a little sorry for Joel and the boys' being forced to watch this one. Still, you'll find yourself spiraling into hysterics when the women get into a big catty brawl while Joel and the boys liken their antics to a Ladies Guild performing A Midsummer Night's Dream or female dirt-wrestling. An episode you'll love to suffer through. --Karen Karleski
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