Manos: The Hands Of Fate (1966)

My rating 3/10

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A family on their way to start their vacation get lost and end up at a house and become involved in a cult overseen by the Master and his servant Torgo.

One of the most famous so bad it's bad movies of all time, this is a real struggle to sit through, unless you're playing a drinking game where you take a drink everytime the wifes head scarf vanishes and returns. Seriously, it's on when she's in the living room, she walks to the bedroom and it's gone, then it's back again when she leaves. Do it with beer not spirits or you'll probably die.

Made by a fertilizer salesman when he bet a friend it would be easy to make a horror film. He also starred as the lead Michael. The guy playing Torgo was also high on LSD during filming so his twitching and erratic performance wasn't acting. Everything about this film is bad, the acting, direction, music, dialogue, just everything, and yet, there's a strange charm about it. As said, it's a struggle to get through if you're not into bad movies, but for those who are and have yet to experience this insanity then it's a must see.

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