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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Literally if you track down the short documentary "Hotel Torgo" and the sci-fi fanzine "Mimosa" which did two articles of interviews with surviving cast and crew, that stuff is more interesting than the actual film, even the new HD version of the final 16mm Ektachrome workprint (because the movie was blown up to full-screen 35mm for theatrical showings) which is sharp and good looking.In short, this film is a spiritual predecessor of all the '70s horror films where a group of teens go out to a place away from society and get killed by a monster or a cult. In "Manos" it's a family (mother, father, small daughter, her poodle) trying to find a hotel called "The Valley Lodge"; they get lost in their black '65 Ford convertable and instead find a smallish house off a dirt road with a caretaker who might be a Satyr who is named Torgo. He is the servant to an undead magician/cult leader called The Master who worships a god named Manos, and his cult are his undead brides, all dressed in goofy white robes. The Master wears a black robe with the outline of red hands and his facial hair makes him resemble Bill Buckner. The "plot" is the family finding out just how crazy the situation is, and trying to get away. Unlike most horror films of the mid-1960s, it has a downbeat ending.Why I gave the film four stars was that they shot it on 16mm home movie cameras, on their own time, and it took SIX MONTHS to make a 60-plus minute film. That's dedication. "Manos" had a shadowy run on the Southern drive-in circuit, joined the raft of B-movies sold to independent UHF TV stations in the 1970s, and would have been utterly obscure had not Frank Conniff of "Mystery Science Theater" not found it. "Manos" is the perfect example of the self-financed, independent regional film (El Paso, Tx.), and should be shown in film schools for how not to make those sorts of pictures.

This has one of this one of the worst horror movie of all time. The story line is awful. The acting is awful. The ending is awful. It is not scary. This is a pile of pooh. It is so campy. And real stupid. It real pooh. Do not see it. It is one of the worst movies ever. Do not see it. It is a big pile of pooh with pooh on it. It is stinker then pooh. Do not waste your time. And do not waste your money. Do not see this movie. It is not scary at all. It is the worst horror movie ever. Do not see it. It so stinky. It could not be any stinker. It is an awful movie. Do not see this movie it is pooh. It is awful. Troll 2 is a better movie.

In no way is "Manos: The Hands of Fate" a good movie, but it is one where you leave your brain at the door and enjoy it! I admit to liking things other people hate like the movie "Wild, Wild West" and old episodes of "Full House.". I discovered "Manos" when Jackey Neyman (Debbie) wrote about her experience of doing this film with her father, the late Tom Neyman (the Master). She was only 6 or 7-years-old at the time. This movie was the brainchild of fertilizer salesman, Harold P. Warren. It's a tragedy when someone is on their deathbed and they regret one or more dreams they didn't make true! The dreams can be anything from writing a book, traveling through Europe or making a movie despite having zero experience in the art of movie making. I guess Mr. Warren wanted to be known for more than fertilizer and the movie was on his bucket list. Our heroes of this piece are Harold P. Warren who also wrote and directed as Michael. Diane Adelson as his wife, Margaret and Jackey as little Debbie. They also have their little dog named Peppy with them. They are traveling by car and wind up at the home of the Master amidst cops on duty and two teens making out in their car. Michael, Margaret and Debbie end up at the Master's house. They are greeted by Torgo (the late John Reynolds) who committed suicide after the filming. He is quite memorable as this creature who is part man/part satyr. He also was heavy in the drug scene and his twitchy and jerky performance is the result of LSD.The budget for the movie was so low he wore metallic rigging under his pants to give the impression of satyr legs. The family is invited into the house by Torgo and they see a picture of the Master on the wall. The Master is sinister-looking and wears a black robe with red hands painted on the front in giant proportions. He is shown with his evil-looking dog. Jackey says this dog was the family pet and not evil at all! The Master has brides dressed in white gowns. All of the brides are asleep in one room and are standing up in that state. The Master is sleeping lying down. The brides wake up and argue about the family. Torgo wants Margaret as his bride but the Master won't allow it! He has his brides massage Torgo to death. Another death happens to Peppy by the Master's dog. The family escape into the desert on foot because their car doesn't work. People in scary movies act like morons! The family could escape and find the cops or the face- sucking teens to help them, but they don't! They go back to the house and are captured. Now Michael is the guard of the house and Margaret and Debbie are the new brides. This movie is terrible in every conceivable way! The acting is awful from all except for the Master and Torgo! The scenery goes on forever and I was scratching my head at the necking teens because they had no place in the movie. This movie is a guilty pleasure and you feel bad if you like it. On "Modern Family" Phil and Clare said one of their guilty pleasures was going to the theatre and watching bad movies. I like good movies but I also like bad movies if I can find something good in them. The lates Tom Neyman and John Reynolds were both great in their roles as villains and they made this movie so bad it's good!

This movie should come with a health warning, everything that could go wrong with a horror movie did go wrong, the plot made no sense, the acting was terrible, the music was bizarre in fact everything was bad, you couldn't even laugh at it as you can with other bad movies. I thought Hobgoblins was the worst movie I've ever seen but I may need to rethink that after sitting through this. But on the bright side, you could use this movie to get confessions from suspects who won't talk, much more effective and more torturous than water boarding, as shown at the end of the MST3K episode Tom Servo temporarily loses his mind and frankly I don't blame him for flipping out.