Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)

★★★ · This is your brain on drugs · picfixer · 2011-04-07

Was this flick the result of monumental incompetence or bad drugs? I can't believe it wasn't both. Anything you might imagine could be wrong with a movie is wrong with this one, plus much, much more. Beyond bad it is excruciatingly bad, and just when you think it couldn't possibly get any worse, it falls off another cliff. Anyone who claims Ed Wood is the world's worst director should be condemned to watch this cinematic catastrophe a dozen times. Nevertheless it grudgingly gets three stars because it does provide some entertainment in the form of sick fascination, and the spastic caretaker…

★★ · The only believable thing was the incompetence of the cops · SerendipityRain · 2025-08-21

This movie was so bad, it made a grade school play look good. Incompetent cops was about the only thing that was true to life. Well, that and the terrible make-out scenes with the two "teenagers" in the car. Still though, I don't regret watching it, as it helped me pass a wryly amusing hour-plus knitting a particularly boring pattern. Will I watch it again? Probably not. But I DO know a few men that I'll be referring to as "Torgo" from now on.

★ · Mike, I want to go - PLEASE! · rclo · 2011-05-23

Wow, I can see why this fell out of copyright. Bad "acting," bad script, terrible editing. But it does have a five-girl catfight in negligees, although they all appear to be wearing Depends, and it does have death by hot babes in negligees, although it looks more like they're applying a facial massage. Six wives, but only three have speaking roles; the others only shake their heads and cat fight. Mike must be the dumbest husband of all time, and he has a loaded gun. "Mike, I want to go." "Okay, we'll leave. We'll hide in the desert; someone will help us."

★ · Something this bad couldn't be an accident · topcat57 · 2011-04-24

Somebody must have been trying to make a really bad movie, but they screwed that up and made the worst pos movie ever.

★ · OMG!! · pauls son · 2011-09-21

This make an Ed Wood film look like MGM gloss! I honestly think its the WORST movie I've EVER seen, and that's saying a lot! LOL

Would Torgo do anything bad? · Jason Bachman · 2025-07-15

Torgo was vetted extensively. All clear to babysit.So is this based on real life events? More than one might think, I do imagine. But guys like Mike are a pretty rare breed, not a dime a dozen, because most guys as dumb as he is have already gotten themselves killed. Tis movie is Daft though, and filled with action called by the Director on set, with the soundtrack in mind, see you.Also Manos:Hands of Fire Too.