ofpsmith The Devil's Hand is a pretty weak story and has quite a lot of questions to answer. Rick Turner (Robert Alda) is a man who starts having visions of Bianca Milan (Linda Christian) in his dreams. These visions and a force bring him to a doll store where he meets Francis Lamont (Neil Hamilton) who runs the store and is the leader of a devil worshiping cult. When Rick meets Milan in person, he is quickly drawn into the cult without actually thinking of how it might affect his life in the long run. Honestly it's really hard to care about what's happening to him making this a bore. The acting is decent but the story is not really interesting. Guy sees a pretty woman in his dreams, which leads him to a cult, and then drives him out of town. That's the story in a nutshell. It's a pretty funny Rifftrax, but the movie itself is boring and honestly it feels longer than it really is.

Michael O'Keefe William J.Hole Jr. directs this very low-budget satanic flick from Crown International Pictures. Rick Turner(Robert Alda)is haunted nightly by visions of a seductive beautiful woman dancing. Rick is drawn to a doll shop where he finds a doll that resembles the woman trying to seduce him. He later returns to the shop with his fiancée Donna(Arianda Welter)to get the doll. On the shelf is a doll that looks exactly like Donna. The shop owner Frank Lamont(Neil Hamilton)gives Rick the one doll that he is anxious to deliver. Lamont will not let the couple leave with the doll resembling Donna; because it is actually a voodoo doll that he uses to cause her crippling pain. Rick makes his delivery to Bianca Milan(Linda Christian), the dancing seductress in his dreams. She will have her way with Rick and convinces him to join a coven of devil worshipers that actually wants his fiancée Donna as a human sacrifice. Rounding out the cast: Gertrude Astor, Julie Scott and Gere Craft.

joekohlertrenton From the movie industry's beginnings and up through 1977, it was okay--even SOP--to make and watch "little movies." Occasionally a big budget, all-star affair would be produced, such as the biblical spectacles of the '50s or disaster films of the '70s, but "little movies" were the norm.Then "Star Wars" came along. Overnight, it wasn't okay for a picture to be anything less than a 50-million dollar, effects-filled extravaganza. I was in high school at the time and remember this phenomenon well. The mega-blockbuster-only culture in film making persists to the present day.For audiences too young to remember the pre-1977 world, movies like "The Devil's Hand" are little more than a source of ridicule. No laser blasts? No propane explosions? No skyscrapers with thousands of windows blowing out simultaneously? Well, then it's garbage.Happily, I do recall the pre-1977 film world and loved the intimacy and offbeat nature of its modest movies. "The Devil's Hand" is one of them.The story is set among a modern-day, urban cult of devil worshipers and their interesting powers (making quick money, obtaining the lover of their choice, etc.). Unwitting Rick (Robert Alda) is drawn into their shady circle by an elite member of the cult (Linda Christian). Although his life with them becomes supremely comfortable, their merciless practices and lethal vindictiveness makes him realize no one in their realm is safe.The film's strength is in its late-night atmosphere. It was produced in 1961, an attractive moment in US history. Everything looks great: the characters, their apartments, their cars and even the ceremonial back room. The music is befittingly mysterious and dreamy with the notable exception of the wonderful main-title theme by Baker Knight and the Knightmares. This rock 'n' roll number was recorded specifically for the film at the dawn of the twist craze and it charted at #37 on San Fransisco's hot 100 in August of 1961.I remember how "The Devil's Hand" turned up regularly on Detroit's "Scream Theater" Friday nights at 11:30pm during the late '70s and early '80s. I loved it then and I love it now--it's a gem.

adamg211 A slow beginning eases quietly into an intriguing mystery, who is she, the woman that haunts his dreams. The answer leads to more questions, slowly guiding the main character, and the audience, into a secret world, and a powerful temptation. The character is forced to choose between the purity and innocence of his fiancé, and the simple world she inhabits; and the dark world of the woman of his dreams, a sultry temptress who offers intense passion, and power granted to those who embrace her, and the mysterious group she is part of. He knows he is being manipulated, he knows he desires her because she is using her powers on him, but still, he can't resist.http://www.hulu.com/watch/70585/the-devils-hand