Manos, the Hands of Fate
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hal Warren
Tom Neyman
Diane Mahree
Hal Warren
John Reynolds
Hal Warren
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Traveling in the desert, a family accidentally stumbles on the tomb headquarters of a cult of "night people." The family is terrorized, and a beautiful woman's face is disfigured by a burning hand as a sacrificial offering to the idol, Manos.
Director
Hal Warren
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
I am Torgo. I take care of the place while the Master is away.- Torgo
Welcome. I am Michael. I take care of the place while the master is away.- Michael
There is no way out of here. It'll be dark soon. There is no way out of here.- Torgo
There is nothing to fear, madam. The Master likes you. Nothing will happen to you. He likes you.- Torgo
Likes me? I thought you said he was dead.- Margaret
Dead? No, madam. Not dead the way you know it. He is with us always. Not dead the way you know it. He is with us always.- Torgo
Mike, I don't like this.- Margaret
It's nothing to worry about. It's only your imagination.- Mike
Trivia
The scenes featuring two teenagers who are hassled by the cops while necking in their car were added because actress Joyce Molleur broke her leg during filming, and was unable to perform her original role.
Filmed entirely with a handheld camera that could only record thirty seconds of film at a time. The film was shot without sound; all the lines were later dubbed by only three people - two men and one woman.
The real reason John Reynolds (Torgo) appears to have big knees and walks funny is because his character is supposed to be a satyr. Reynolds designed his own prosthetics to make himself look like he had goat's feet. (Note how the wife gasps when she first looks down his feet, which the viewer does not get to see.)
Torgo was originally named Igor.
Harold P. Warren (writer/director/producer) is a fertilizer salesman from El Paso. He made a bet with a visiting location scout Stirling Silliphant that he could make a popular horror film on an extremely minimal budget.
Notes
Filmed in El Paso, Texas.
