Cinematic Excrement: Episode 73 - "Manos" The Hands Of Fate (part 1) 

Great news for all those who cringe at the thought of "Manos"! After 52 years, there is a sequel! Yes, Jackey Neyman Jones (little Debbie), her real dad Tom Neyman (The Master), and Diane Adelson (Margaret), plus a cast of tens, have made a sequel called "Manos Returns" which premiered at Crypticon Seattle on May 4, 2018! And I play the sheriff (my dad was the sheriff in the original)! It's much better, so it probably won't go anywhere, and with today's technology, it was relatively cheap to make. Not only that, but David Roy in Houston has also made a prequel, "Manos - The Rise of Torgo," which has just become available on DVD! Yes, yes, there is now a "Manos" trilogy! You're welcome, no problem, we were happy to do it! :-)

11:20 Correction. A clapperboard has two uses on a film. The sound is one. The second purpose is to help when it comes to editing the movie together. You see, only on rare occasions are movies filmed chronologically. The clapperboard is used to assist in figuring out which scenes are supposed to go in which respective spot. So, even if a movie is filmed without audio, a clapperboard can still be important when it comes to editing.

I kind of like the theory that Torgo is pretty much incapable of refusing an order. Hence the whole thing with him telling them to leave as he's carrying the luggage.

John Reynolds is with us always. Not dead the way you know it. He is with us always.

Actually, Yes. In Mexico we called this dogshit movie as "Hands, las manos del Destino". Well, just the choosen ones we know this movie.

Torgo is the BEST part of the movie! His bizarre walk and strange speech adds SO MUCH LIFE in an otherwise barren wasteland of a movie.

This film was the old school Birdemic.

Bless TV's Frank. He made EVERYTHING better.

And now at long last I have found out the secret behind clapper boards. What a great day!

This movie always makes me think of Joel shouting, "Do something! Gahd!" at the screen.

When are we gonna get a Disaster Artist type movie about the making of Manos?

"Warren was a fertilizer salesman by trade, so of course this movie turned out to be shit!" lmfao! This has to be one of the funniest lines I've ever heard in a movie review! And of course you hit the nail right on the head....

4:32 That guy's description of who put how much money into Manos makes it sound like the inspiration for the plot of The Producers.

Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, somebody breaks out a pick axe.

I actually did watch the MST version of Manos. I enjoyed parts of it, but some parts were so bad, that not even the MST crew could make it better.... And the MST crew seemed to acknowledge this throughout the episode.

@ 16:46 "I'll have to ask my sales manager..." From the MST3K episode. I literally hit the floor laughing when I heard that line.... Seriously, gasping for air.

I was marathoning your other reviews when this one popped up. Too perfect!!

The master looks like Frank Zappa

I weep for the MST3K gang who had to endure Manos: the Hands of Fate.

We recently gave Manos a watch and review on our channel! The backstory of the creation of this movie makes it really interesting to us haha

Regarding Torgo's knees..... Another (!) story I've heard is that yes, he is a satyr... but Reynolds never put the leg prosthetics on correctly. This gave him the huge knees and stumbling gait, and - this being 'Manos' - Warren refused to re-shoot the initial scene, simply saying, "Okay, he's now just a weird cripple! Roll with it, everyone!"

RIP Torgo, you are not forgotten.

17:36 So much later that the old narrator got tired of waiting, and they had to hire a new one.

"The master...likes...you... He wants to give you... a jolly good seeing to in the back...passage. While I watch." Be honest, this movie feels like it's just dying to be a porno.

The mystery science theater group are a hilarious bunch of guys who know how to mock a film.Very entertaining guys to watch just like your channel.

YESSSSSSSS And I don't care who you are, Torgo is awesome--tragic backstory or not.

This movie is a turkey. No doubt about it. But honestly it IS creepy because like MST3K joked, it does looks like a snuff film. However, for its time, 1966, this coulda been a contender. Its too easy to clap along with MST3K's riffs which I love, but Manos as a story isn't bad. Warren actually covers a lot of bases that horror films usually have. Stranded in Deserted Place - check Creepy caretaker/Lab Assistant - check Damsel in Destress - check Lingerie Witches - check Satanic Cult leader Further, the satanic cult film genre was non-existent in 1966. Manos predates both Rosemary's Baby and The Excorcist. The Master's costume was rather contemporary compared to something seen in the Kenneth Anger film "Invocation of my Demon Brother." In fact, I can only wonder what Kenneth Anger would have thought had he seen Manos. Harold Warren was actually a horror movie visionary. Its a shame he never knew what he missed.

you should totally review other worst comedies ever like Biodome and the Master of Disguise!

I don't care if she has the kerchief or not, I have lust in my heart for Margaret, the wife. And despite the weird tic, the poor young lady with the broken leg is also nice. I just realized that I'm attracted to Aqua Net hairspray.

your quite an underrated reviewer

9:20 - If those aren´t the most disgusting kissing-sounds I have ever heard! Very funny! Great channel, by the way. Always happy when a new video comes up.

@2:38 Actually I think the Mexicans call this movie Mierda :)

Manos: The Hands of Mains (Hands: The Hands of Hands)

Fortunate that I watched IHE review of this just yesterday.

Your best review, hands down. Can't wait for part 2. Even though you gotta love the naïveté of the "filmmaker" and you explained it in a way that was endearing. Loved the limo story.

So, Joyce Molleur was originally supposed to play one of the "Master's Wives" but broke her foot. That's why the completely redundant "kissing teenagers in car" scene is in the movie. But what was Bernie Rosenblum's (her partner in the scene) role before that happened? The cops appear in another scene later on, they would have been there anyway - but did Bernie just get hired to make out with Joyce? If so, good for him! I don't know why I find it weird that little Debbie was the "Master's" daughter in real life, but I do...

I actually find John Reynolds quite attractive, underneath all the Torgo weirdness.

Ohh "Daniel der Zauberer" is a movie about one of the most annoying "Germany's Talent" contestants. What is noteworthy is that that movie actually had a very good cast with people like "Ulli Lommel" who worked with people like Andy Warhol, Russ Meyer or Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It also game a large role to "Peter Schamoni" who in 1962 signed the Oberhausener Manifest in which film makers declared their claim to re-invent German movies as an art form.

Minor correction: A clapper board is used in MOS scenes (scenes without sound) to display the scene number, camera angle and take information in the leader of the film so the editor can sort out the clips. It isn't just for syncing sound. However, you may be correct that this guy didn't understand its function in any case. Just sayin'.

How hilarious is it to look back at the origins of this movie and consider how ultimately correct the filmmaker would be proven in his contention that any idiot can make a successful horror movie. He was just several decades too early for the found footage horror craze. Throw in a few jump scare noises and shake the camera, boom you just made back $30 million on a $500k budget.

These are the best movies to review, the so bad it's good ones XD Admittedly, I can't wait for the day when you eventually do the Room 8D

You are a brave man for tackling this beast.

Jackie Neyman was the daughter of Tom, who played The Master. For his part, Tom was a professional artist.

I have seen "Manos" - The Hands of Fate after spending extensive time on RU-vid looking up clips of bad movies, and eventually I learned of its existence. These things happen you know. Now its up there with movies such as The Room, Battlefield Earth to name a few. One movie that I have not seen however, but judging from what I have seen looks to be just as bad is a gem called "Sting of Death" from 1965. Anyways, there is no such thing as too much of a bad movie, even when its this level of bad. Can`t wait for part 2!!!

The clapper board also has a little chalk or dry-erase board on it for writing scene information the film's editor will need when putting together the final cut of the film.

this is by far one of my favorite review. One of the best you have done

The crew referred to this film as "Mangoes: cans of fruit"

I dare you to brave the terror that is "After Last Season." If fits just fine with Birdemic and Manos

This is my first time watching one of your videos. You have a Jim Carroll/David Bowie vibe, I dig it.

I’m obsessed with this movie although I’ve never seen it. I can’t stop thinking about it.

In English this film is known as Hands:The Hands of Fate.

who else has seen IHE's review of this?

Would you like to see Sean talk about videogames? Then like this commnt

Have you reviewed the worst than awful SHARK EXORCIST? But that was direct to video so it don't count. It started out as a porn film then to get a mainstream distribution venue they made it into a supernatural horror flick with the same bad porn stars as the cast. It was panned thoroughly scene to scene by IHE

The RiffTrax episode with Manos is pretty funny, too. I think it’s neat how the movie is so terrible that it provided enough material for 2 separate riffs.

Torgo is an icon

Hands: The Hands of Fate.

Legend has it that Silliphant took Warren up on his bet to write a screenplay to see who’s would be better. Warren wrote Manos, Silliphant wrote? In the heat of the night. I don’t know how true that is but that’s the story I was told.

Hysterical review of a hysterical cinematic treasure. Bravo!

Dude you have to start cranking more reviews out more often.

9:01 If you look close, the car that drives by the white Sherriff's car, you can even see the logo on the car door. 1:33 Frank Conniff only found the copy because the film was sold to TV stations in the early 1970s, and that was probably a copy of the 35mm blowup of the 16mm workprint that ran in theaters.

damn its november 1st 2019 and i forgot to watch this yesterday

I'm disappointed you didn't use the "GET ON WITH IT!" scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the unnecessary long pauses in Manos: the Hands of Fate.

"little Debbie"... that laugh was awesome.

The little kid voice on Debbie was the worst fake kid voice I have ever heard. Jackey Neyman, who played Debbie is the daughter of the man who played the master. I am friends with her on Facebook and I love how much she talks about this movie.

This is my first video of yours in watching because I looked up Manos reviews because I tend to learn different things about the movie and this is no different. I'm enjoying this and entertain by your video. BTW, you look like The Miz. P.S, I really like the knowledge you impart on movie making also.

Dude, you're hilarious 😂😂😂 Subbed!🐙

Whenever anybody says that a big budget movie like Star Wars or Jurassic World is "the worst movie ever", I always point this out. At least those movies were made by professional filmmakers who cared about what they were making.

9:18 that woman twitches about as badly as Bella in Twilight

19:17 Did Frank Miller take over as the director for a second? Also, could someone explain that blue dress joke to me?

Heh, small spanish correction, the word Destiny in spanish is indeed Destino, but the accent is on the second syllable, desTIno, rather than the first one like in english. So saying DEStino is wrong. Otherwise, pretty good pronunctiation dude :)

This movie was made in my city?!!!!! Edit: Now I see it, the first scene with the family is on Scenic Drive on Franklin Mtns.

“Whatever you’re not doing, go do it somewhere else.” IS funny

This movie looks like if Zapruder decided to make a horror film.

Even for an MOS (without sound recording) shot, the clapper board is used to show what scene and take is being filmed. The "clap" isn't recorded (or performed), because it is un-needed, but the scene and take info is still useful for editing and organization.

Do you think this could work, if it had a decent budget, cast and crew? Maybe remake it, even just for the hell of it?

Would Manos be classed as a Z movie?

your spanish is pretty good

The 32 seconds isn't due to "charging the camera". It was a mechanical spring wound camera. Clockwork. It could shoot for 32 seconds.

Torgo has the best theme!

People are talking about Harold P. Warren, more than a ½ century later. Who's still talking about Stirling Silliphant? This movie is unbelievably BAD. I love it.

"Once you go full Torgo, you never go back." ---Albert Einstein

Hands: The Manos of Fate

You should totally review Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas for like a holiday thing.

Harold P. Warren rented a searchlight and used a limousine for the premiere of his movie? Damn, Warren went all out for the premiere.

Happy Halloween, Sean! BTW are you going to upload this and the Jupiter Ascending and Star Trek: TMP reviews to Vimeo?

Omg, that bit with the clapperboard reminds me of the clapper shot in "The Body Shop." It takes a special kind of editing incompetence to accomplish that.

He was a fertilizer salesman!?!?

Oh man, your blow by blow analysis is spot on and hilarious!! Seriously..very funny! .

HANDS! THE HANDS OF FATE!

Aside from sound synch, the other reason for a clapper board is to write the scene number, shot, and number for each take to aid in editing.

Will you be reviewing Saving Christmas for your December episode?

Smeghead: "Warren was, by trade, a fertilizer salesman..." Me: oh cmon that joke writes itself Smeghead: "so of course his film was shit!" Me: lol

I realize I’m six years late on this, but I can tell you from personal experience that clapper boards are used as slates to label shots, even if there’s no sound.

Damn the husband's like 60 and his wife is like 30, if even. lol

Hands the hands of fate .

12:00 I remember being pleasantly surprised by that line too.

17:57 He forces Torgo to take his luggage LOL im dying

Daniel Küblböck who played Daniel the Wizard has been presumed missing since 2018. That film was awful though, I actually thought I was watching some Behind the Scenes documentary, not the actual film!. At least with Manos it survived, although in a very strange way!.

Quick question Sean, do you plan to do a vlog of Spectre, or was that just a stupid question?