This unintentionally funny horror film begins when the hand of an astronaut is discovered near a crash site by a naive young med student. The crawling hand dont cry wolf the creeping hand 1963. The hand of an exploded astronaut takes on a life of its own in this horror film. Distinguishing themselves in supporting roles are hollywood and wwii veteran richard jaeckel a chromedomed action hero decades ahead of vin diesel, tv tarzan ron ely, and the crawling hands 1963 rod lauren, who later married filipino film star nida blanca.
For films listed alphabetical, see alphabetical list of horror films. The complete series dvd box set usa new free shipping. Sep 25, 2009 overacting, silly plot, an arm crawling around killing people. It was later featured on the television shows mystery science theater 3000 mst3k and the canned film festival. Gammera the invincible 1966 american theatrical trailer duration.
It was later featured on the television shows mystery science theater. The crawling hand 1963 a medical student rod lauren finds the deadly hand of a lost astronaut sought by scientists peter breck, kent taylor. Aug 19, 2014 okay, so its actually an astronauts whole arm crawling around instead of just his hand, but that only makes this mst3k staple all the more silly. The show premiered on ktma now wucw in minneapolis, minnesota, on november 24, 1988. The hand of a dead astronaut washes up on the beach and possessed the college student who takes it home. Overacting, silly plot, an arm crawling around killing people. Wikimedia commons has media related to 1966 films for convenience, all 1966 films should be included in this category. Strock, and starring peter breck, kent taylor, rod lauren, alan hale and allison hayes. The hand is a 1981 american psychological horror film written and directed by oliver stone, based on the novel the lizards tail by marc brandell. A delicate and secluded ceramist sees his orderly life turn upside down, when a gigantic hand in a white glove invades his space, demanding that a sculpture of itself is made. Distinguishing themselves in supporting roles are hollywood and wwii veteran richard jaeckel a chromedomed action hero decades ahead of vin diesel, tv tarzan ron ely, and the crawling hand s 1963 rod lauren, who later married filipino film star nida blanca. In 1700s new york, a boston artist working in the remote fort alden is torn between his love for 2 women and thrown into the middle of a mohawkiroquoisamerican war.
I really like the crawling hand, but i dunno if i like it as much as the likes of i was a teenage werewolf or frankenstein, or blood of dracula, cuz a hand is not as cool as a full sized monster. With scott brady, rita gam, neville brand, lori nelson. Grab a brew and pop some popcorn, this one is so bad its good. The film stars michael caine and andrea marcovicci. When the film opens we see farmer, ian bellows, fall victim to the silicates but as we only hear the bone crunching attack can only imagine his fate. We flipped away from it before we could learn more, but now were trying to figure out what movie it was. Filmography for richard arlen turner classic movies. The crawling hand 1963 09041963 us horror, science fiction 1h 29m user score. You can simply film a guy crawling his hand across something while keeping the rest of the actor off camera.
Idle hands 1990 a spoof horror film that will scare audiences silly. Watching the crawling hand tonight all i could think of was the addams family and the thing which was guest starring in this film. With peter breck, kent taylor, rod lauren, alan hale jr the hand of a dead astronaut comes crawling back from the grave to strangle the living. Strock, and starring peter breck, kent taylor, rod lauren, alan hale. The crawling hand don t cry wolf the creeping hand pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the crawling hand don t cry wolf the.
The hand of a dead astronaut comes crawling back from the grave to strangle the living. Robertson produced this and two other of our very favorite bad movies, the slime people and agent for h. The crawling hand looks like something straight out of the 1950s, when tv was beginning to upset the hollywood applecart, forcing the major studios to look for new angles and gimmicks todd ao, cinemascope, vistavision, cinerama, 3d, stereo sound, and bigbudget color remakes of old films and small indie directors like ed wood were having a. His last role was in the feature film, the crawling hand.
Okay, so its actually an astronauts whole arm crawling around instead of just his hand, but that only makes this mst3k staple all the more silly. Soon the thing returns to life to murder and posses the young mans mind. The crawling hand was featured in episode 6 of season 1 of the tv series mystery science theater 3000. When the sheriff says that the county jails are full of kids like paul, crow asks. The screaming skull newlyweds jenni peggy webber and eric john hudson move into erics palatial country home. A nightmare on elm street pt2 1985 35mm feature film print. Even without the riffs, its a unintentionally funny watch all on its own. The crawling hand approved 1h 29min horror, scifi 24 february 1966 mexico the hand of a dead astronaut comes crawling back from the grave to strangle the living. The film lifts and lulls in spots, but i didnt find it boring it all, as a piece of film history it is an interesting view. Among other things, the movies larger budget provided the dynamic duo with some additional vehicles that stuck around for the remainder of the tv series by recycling footage from the film. Strock gog, how to make a monster, the original 1958 version, not the lame 2001 tv version, the crawling hand boy, with a title like that, you know exactly what youre getting stars peter breck, who also starred in the very good film shock corridor released the same year as this film, kent taylor satans sadists, brain of blood, and rod lauren the young swingers. Beverly lunsford was born on january 5, 1945 in atlanta, georgia, usa as beverly jane lunsford. Terrors house of horrors 1966 five horrific stories include one about a disembodied hand. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm.
Joel hodgson, along with his mechanical companions, wisecracking crow and well read chick magnet tom servo, make suffering through hollywoods worst films a breeze. After an astronaut space capsule is detonated in orbit, a teenager finds a severed arm among wreckage on earth. Baker and monty berman, directed by quentin lawrence, that stars forrest tucker, laurence payne, jennifer jayne, and janet munro. Its hard to believe that so many name players were desperate for work to sign on to this film. Based upon brandels the lizards tail, this stone film features a great performance by the usually obstinate michael caine, and the scene where he gets his hand torn off is sensationally bloody. The crawling hand dont cry wolf the creeping hand photos view all photos 1 movie info. A fake hand was used for the finale scene of the 1976 movie taxi driver.
The screaming skull all time horror classics youtube. This unintentionally funny horror film begins when the hand of. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted. Between 1926 and 1966 he appeared in more than 450 film and television productions. Rick moody s novel the four fingers of death, released in july 2010 by little, brown and company, is a. The crawling eye in the united states is a 1958 independently made british blackandwhite science fiction monster film drama, produced by robert s.
We are exploring space and two attempts to go to the moon and back allows us to learn. Nostalgic doublefeature theater programs you will find them all in this free movie loft. Yet, crawling hand does have bird is the word in it, so it gets extra points for that. Face of fear complete episode as broadcast on 6 january 1966 by stuart fanning.
Do you have a favorite film about a disembodied or. Kirk of the starship enterprise from the original star trek 19661969, is often. The hand of an exploded astronaut takes on a life of its own in this horror film that begins when the hand is discovered near the crash site by a naive young med student who takes it home as a. All the crawling hand scenes in the crawling hand 1963 duration. As mentioned earlier, this film was featured on an episode of mystery science theater 3000. Terrors house of horrors 1966 one of the stories in this venerable anthology features christopher lee as an art critic tormented by the disembodied hand of the artist he drove to suicide. Strock, who had already worked on the magnetic monster, riders to the stars, gog, i was a teenage frankenstein, blood of dracula, how to make a. However, the crawling hand is one that fits squarely in that category. The discovery of an astronauts dismembered hand has a horrifying effect upon a college student.
The crawling eye 1958 british creature feature youtube. The hand of an exploded astronaut takes on a life of its own in this unintentionally funny horror film that begins when the hand is discovered near the crash site by a naive young med student who takes it home as a grisly souvenir. A feature film, titled mystery science theater 3000. The movie, an original theatrical feature film based on the series, was released in 1966. Mar 23, 20 this pin was discovered by nickie debock farrar. For this film, simply having somebody move their hand around in the shot was good enough. The following is a chronological list of every horror film ever made. The student is slowly transformed by the hand and begins killing people in a small town.
The silicates are like small, crawling, organic versions of the saucers from war of the worlds complete with snaking antennae. Mystery science theater 3000 its mystery science theater 3000, americas only show that makes fun of really bad b movies from the comfort of a spaceship floating above earth. The film has unfortunately fallen into obscurity despite its interesting creature effects, topnotch acting and its twilight zoneesque brand of. Harry potter complete 8film collection dvd us shipping.
Mystery science theater 3000 mst3k is an american television comedy series created by joel hodgson and produced by best brains, inc. She was an actress, known for the crawling hand 1963, that night. Of course, creating a crawling hand and showing the entire hand in the shot would actually require special effects, i. Ranking every mst3k episode, from worst to best paste. The main caracter goes to see the crawling hand with sirry geirs in cinema fantastic fantasy frightorama show vol. And, since this is a lowbudget horror film the arm comes to life and begins to. The crawling hand trailer youtube movie clip, halloween. The crawling hand 1963 peter breck and allison hayes in the crawling hand 1963. The original film score is by james horner, in one of his earliest. My sister and i were flipping channels the other day, and we came across a movie in which a severed hand was crawling around what looked like a supermarket or 7 elevens or something, and people were hiding from it. The firstseason episode a day in june shows dday as a flashback, hence the action occurs. Chronological list of horror films horror film wiki fandom. Strock, the same man behind i was a teenage frankenstein and how to make a monster, the crawling hand continues. Its the nighttime coughing, sneezing, aching, stuffy head, fever, so youre being chased by a human hand medicine.
The crawling hand 1963 cast and crew a medical student rod lauren finds the deadly hand of a lost astronaut sought by scientists peter breck, kent taylor. This includes all 1966 films that can also be found in the subcategories. The birds the word blares out at full blast volume as the old man is being choked to death. This episode was released on vhs by rhino home video in october 1999 and on dvd in june 2002, including the uncut film as a bonus feature.
Caine plays jon lansdale, a comic book artist who loses his hand, which in turn takes on a murderous life of its own. The next year, in 1989, the show began its national run on the comedy channelcomedy central, running for seven seasons on that. Oct 25, 2012 the silicates are like small, crawling, organic versions of the saucers from war of the worlds complete with snaking antennae. Mar 06, 2014 the crawling hand starring peter breck before he was nick barkley on the big valley with barbara stanwyck, kent taylor, rod lauren, alan hale jr.
Oct 16, 2015 as mentioned earlier, this film was featured on an episode of mystery science theater 3000. Aug 17, 2018 the crawling eye 1958 british creature feature. The student is slowly transformed by the hand and begins killing people in a. You have to hand it to them it is 1963 and the movie looks like the fifties.
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