Strock who also made gog 1954, a movie i cant believe that ive made reference to twice now within a month. Baker and monty berman, directed by quentin lawrence, that stars forrest tucker. Strock, and starring peter breck, kent taylor, rod lauren, alan hale. The crawling hand dont cry wolf the creeping hand 1963. An alien possessed hand from an astronaut returned to earth and began attacking nice folks. It was later featured on the television shows mystery science theater 3000 mst3k and the canned film festival. That its gotten the mst3k treatment probably tells you all you need to know about its qualities and shortcomings.
We are exploring space and two attempts to go to the moon and back allows us to learn. A medical student rod lauren finds the deadly hand of a lost astronaut sought by scientists peter breck, kent taylor. 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. The crawling hand is a 1963 english film stars peter breck, herbert l. The crawling hand 1963 a medical student rod lauren finds the deadly hand of a lost astronaut sought by scientists peter breck, kent taylor. The crawling hand 1963 headhunters horror house wiki. The crawling hand movie trailer and videos tv guide.
Something sinister lurks within the perpetual cloud masking the trollenberg peak, decapitating mountaineers and posing an even deadlier menace to everyone else below. The movie s main twist subverts the crawling hand elements in a fashion thats now common in the postshyamalan movie world, though a thenfashionable shock coda suggests the hand explained away as a delusion in caines warped, murderous mind really is on the loose. Overview of the crawling hand, 1963, directed by herbert l. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the crawling hand near you. Mmmm let me see, this old movie is more comedy than horror. Watch the crawling hand movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The crawling hand is a hybrid horrorscience fiction film. The crawling eye in the united states is a 1958 independently made british blackandwhite science fiction monster film drama, produced by robert s. 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. Peter lorre chews up the screen in this tale of a deceased pianist whose hand isnt ready to stop playing yet.
The hand of a dead astronaut comes crawling back from the grave to strangle the living. This cinematic endeavor has a teenage boy, paul lawrence rod lauren, stumbling upon a very unusual find. You have to hand it to them it is 1963 and the movie looks like the fifties. Strock and written by bill idelson and strock based on a story concept by joseph cranston, malcolm young and idelson. You can simply film a guy crawling his hand across something while keeping the rest of the actor off camera. Its hard to believe that so many name players were desperate for work to sign on to this film. Strock and written by bill idelson and strock based on. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Strock on allmovie the hand of an exploded astronaut takes on a life. The lovely thing about crawling hand movies is that the featured monster requires so little money to realize in the way of special effects.
This is your chance to share your innermost thoughts on the crawling hand. Terrors house of horrors, in which the protagonist is haunted by the severed, crawling hand of his enemy who committed suicide. The crawling hand is a 1963 american science fiction horror film directed by herbert l. If you like the crawling hand you are looking for rough, serious and scary movies about with mutant, astronaut, evil alien, teenage life, crimes, supernatural and. Here we see the hand crawling across hotchkisss bed sheets. Its mascot is the helping hand which has much in common with the eponymous crawling hand. The hand of a dead astronaut washes up on the beach and possessed the college student who takes it home. Free wallpapers download of the crawling hand movie, hero, heroine, etc is available in our gallery section. This print is much sharper than the existing ia copy. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. When a spaceship crashes, the exploded astronauts severed arm takes on a life of its own after being possessed by an alien and begins to strangle the local townspeople. Debra garrison mystery science theater 3000 s01e06 the.
Movie act 1 this is like love american style toms comment to the fireworks to the opening scene is not unlike the opening to the television series love american style 19691974 which was an anthology comedy series featuring different celebrity guests doing stories or vignettes about love and romance. The beast with five fingers 1946 the granddaddy of all crawling hand movies. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. The crawling hand a mediocre takeoff on the beast with five fingers, this film begins with a spacecraft exploding as it returns to earths atmosphere.
Southern california, goodlooking teens, stacked bikini babes, necking at the beach, gogo twisting, a gorgeous. Watching the crawling hand tonight all i could think of was the addams family and the thing which was guest starring in this film. The crawling hand 1963 fantastic movie musings and. For this article were taking a look at a rather creepy movie. The crawling hand aka dont cry wolf aka the creeping hand is by the hand of herbert l. Invasion of the saucer men 1957 a needle sprouting severed hand and little green men with bulbous heads who kill their victims with alcohol poisoning. Topics movie trailers, sci fi, horror, teen exploitation, kent taylor, alan hale jr, arline judge, richard arlen, allison hayes, syd saylor, tristram coffin. The crawling hand probably pleased a lot of people who paid to see it in 1963, although whether or not they were paying to see it is an open question this is the kind of movie that usually played driveins, more than any other venues. Strock featuring peter breck, kent taylor, rod lauren when a space mission is aborted at the insistence of the astronaut, the wreckage is strewn across a beach near a small california town. Its about a astronaut who is taken over by an unknown force and goes mad in space. Another possible inspiration was from the b movie the crawling hand, in which an astronaut burns up and crash lands with his hand being the only surviving part, which becomes animated via radiation, or from dr.
Lets take a tour of that particular genres cinematic history with 11 movies featuring evil severed hands. The crawling hand is a cheapy scifihorror film from herbert l. You can include an image to complement your analysis. The crawling hand is an american horror film of the science fiction subgenre. Strock, with peter breck, kent taylor, rod lauren, at turner classic movies.
You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. This particular severed hand belongs to an astronaut, and it. 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. The student is slowly transformed by the hand and begins killing people in a small town. The crawling hand is the main antagonist of the 1963 american horror film the crawling hand. We do not offer to watch the crawling hand movie online. Strock, and starring peter breck, kent taylor, rod lauren, alan hale and allison hayes. The crawling hand this 1963 movie was featured in mystery science theater 3000, and its one of the great classics of the genre.
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