The Hand

1974-poster
release date April 24 1981
studio Warner Bros. Pictures
director Oliver Stone
writer Oliver Stone
starring Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill, Viveca Lindfors
tagline It lives. It crawls. And suddenly, it kills.

Synopsis

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Official Review

There’s never really been a lot of talk about The Hand (1981) – remake of The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) – adaptation of Marc Bandell’s The Lizard’s Tail. Released on September 25th 2007 as 1/6th of Warner Brother’s Twisted Terror Collection, its lack of reputation, embedded amongst a collection of 5.99 movies – packed with hundreds and hundreds of frames of Michael Caine’s frizzy ‘do – there didn’t seem to be a whole lot to look forward to. But then… …Read More

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Official Score: 2 / 5