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· Year: 1966
· Also known as: Lodge of Sins
· Director: Hal Warren
· Writer: Hal Warren
· Cast: John Reynolds, Hal Warren
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· This film is one of many lampooned by the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. The Manos episode is considered to be one of MST3K's crowning achievements.
· Yes, the title translates into Hands, the Hands of Fate.
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A family out for a drive gets lost and comes across a remote house inhabited by a strange being known only as Torgo, guardian of the house while The Master is away. From there, things get weird as Torgo gets kinky, the Master unfurls his funky-ass robe, and his women start dancing around fires . . .
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RATING
Out of 100 |
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16
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ATMOSPHERE
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GORE
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HUMOR
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I bought the movie-only version of Manos in May of 2000, at the closing of the late, lamented Movies Unlimited store in Cherry Hill, NJ. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, it sits on my shelf looking quite fetching as a yellow, white, and black dustcatcher. To date, I've seen only the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, which is hilarious and is definitely one of the series' best shows. So understand, then, that this review reflects an opinion of the film that was formed only after blocking out comments from MST's peanut gallery. My appraisal? Manos stinks, but it stinks in a Saturday-afternoon-movie-on-channel-48 kind of way. It's the type of movie that signals that you should really go outside, the snowstorm be damned. The story in Manos is ludicrous, the acting terrible, and the blocking so unnatural that you may think the actors are taking instructions from an dog trainer just off-camera. Add a slimy satyr with a speech impediment and a silly theme, lengthy catfights from "The Master"'s formerly catatonic wives, and a necking session that survives multiple interruptions from local law enforcement to apparently last through an entire night, and you have one of those films that is so bad it's a must-see. Still, Manos has a strange sort of atmosphere, and the music is killer. Long Live Torgo!
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