Written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Michael Caine, The Hand is a good old-fashioned yarn about a cartoonist who loses a hand in an auto accident, only to discover that his hand lives on and is totally homicidal. How can this movie NOT be the best movie ever? I mean come on. Says Stone about the props, "We had a crawling hand, a walking hand, a strangling hand. Each did something entirely different. They were really quite exciting."
I'll say! Bring on The Hand!
The film: The Hand
The due date: Monday, December 3
I've always liked this flick, though I never remember Stone made it. I wonder how he feels about this movie now. Oliver Stone as a horror director - sounds kinda funny, huh? I'm surprised it's not about a disembodied hand on the grassy knoll (yes, the second shooter is a hand)...that sounds like a killer flick!
ReplyDeleteFinally my love for movies and my love for puns will come in handy! Ugh, ok sorry about that one. I can't believe I've never heard of this one. I mean come on, who doesn't love a good severed hand story?
ReplyDeleteI guess it was the "useless" hand that went on to direct the rest of his movies.
ReplyDeleteOooh, Thing (from the Addams Family) is an assassin! Now THIS is a movie, people.
ReplyDeleteDear God, how did I NOT know this movie existed? I must now seek out a copy. I second your assertion that there is no way this can't be the GREATEST movie ever. Ever since The Swarm, I find it necessary to seek out movies showcasing Michael Caine's insanity, and whether this movie is so-bad-it's-good or actually good, there's no way it can miss, right?
ReplyDeleteI remember when I first saw this movie. I was 12, and to a 12 year old it was oddly scary. Not so much now, but I was completely creeped out for days as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait to see what all the fuss was about.
When I was little I thought a Giant hand lived under my bed. When I saw this movie as a kid I was kinda let down that the hand was only human size. I mean can't you just stomp on it? Now, knowing full well it's dimensions, I'm ready to give it another shot. I mean it is Micheal Cain's hand thats pretty scary at any size!
ReplyDeleteHere's a terrific giant hand story:
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Whatever the merits of this movie, it has to be better than Stone's Seizure!
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