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Manos: The Hands of Fate,

“Manos: The Hands of Fate” is a 1966 horror film written, directed by and starring insurance/fertilizer salesman Harold Warren. The plot follows a vacationing family who find themselves lodged in the home belonging to a pagan cult. The plot was supposedly created as the result of a placed bet by a cast with no experience with filmmaking whatsoever. Oh boy, does it ever show. “Manos” is abysmally made, with poorly framed shots, stiff acting, inane dialogue and atrocious editing. The film is a shambling mess that lurches from one nonsense scene to another, and seeing it try to tell a basic story is frequently hysterical. It’s hard not to sputter when you see a clapboard quickly dart out of frame or an actor repeat his lines for the third time in the same scene. A popular episode of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” featured the movie, and I certainly recommend it. But if you want undiluted schlock, the full movie is available on YouTube.