Schlock-Wire: Specs For Synapse's Restored MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE Special Edition
If you love your bad movies the way you love your blu-rays, Synapse has announced their plans for a release that will make your year. October will see the company releasing blu-ray and DVD special editions of Manos: The Hands Of Fate. This thoroughly eccentric regional horror flick became a huge cult favorite via an episode of MST3K and this release features a new remaster of the film plus an array of newly-created supplements. Read on for all the terrifying Torgo-riffic details, including cover art and a breakdown of the extras...
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE
“The Worst Film Ever Made” – Entertainment Weekly
Mike (Harold P. Warren) and Maggie (Diane Mahree), on a road trip with their daughter and family dog, take a wrong turn in Texas and become trapped at a weird lodge inhabited by a polygamous pagan cult. They soon find themselves in the middle of a power struggle between caretaker Torgo (John Reynolds), cult leader The Master (Tom Neyman), and two warring factions of the Master’s wives. As the family tries to escape, the worshipers of “Manos” decide their fate...MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE, the sole directorial effort of Texas fertilizer salesman Harold P. Warren, perplexed even the most jaded Drive-In audiences and was deemed by many “the worst movie ever made”. Nearly lost, the original 16mm Ektachrome film elements have been finally unearthed and lovingly restored by Ben Solovey to create the definitive version of this accidental masterpiece. There’s no other movie like MANOS... now in HD with picture and sound unseen since 1966.Synapse Films is proud to present Ben Solovey’s Kickstarter 2K restoration of MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE, now presented for the first time ever on home video in high-definition and loaded with extras!SPECIAL FEATURES:• All-new 2K restoration• Audio commentary featuring Tom “The Master” Neyman and Jackey Raye“Debbie” Neyman-Jones• HANDS: THE FATE OF “MANOS” Featurette• RESTORING THE HANDS OF FATE Featurette• FELT: THE PUPPET HANDS OF FATE Featurette• MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE -“Grindhouse Unrestored Version” (BLU-RAY ONLY BONUS)NOT RATED / 1966 / 74 MINS. / COLOR / 2.0 MONO / 1.33:1/ REGION FREEBLU PRICE: $24.95/ DVD PRICE: $19.95DVD CATALOG # SFD0152/BLU CATALOG # SFD0151BLU UPC: 654930317495/DVD UPC: 654930317594/REGION FREE