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The Devil's Hand (1961)iMDB Rating: 4.5
Date Released : 13 September 1961
Genre : Horror
Stars : Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Ariadna Welter, Neil Hamilton
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

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Rick Turner is engaged of Donna Trent and is having nightmares with a beautiful blonde woman dancing in the sky. One night, he is mysteriously driven to a doll shop, and in the next morning he returns to the place with Donna. He finds a doll that resembles his fiancé, but the owner Francis Lamont delivers another doll to him, with the face of the woman of his dreams, Bianca Milan. Rick looks for Bianca and is seduced and convinced by her to join a sect that worships the diabolic Camba, while the health of Donna is threatened by Francis and Bianca.

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Neato little low budget cultist movie

I wouldn't say The Devil's Hand is any kind of a classic, but for addicts of old fashioned small budgeted oddities it is most certainly worth a look. It tells a story of a young man who is seduced by a beautiful woman into a devil worshipping cult and the events that follow from this, with themes of voodoo, some mild horror and a heap of Sixties atmosphere. One thing that I found interesting was the cult itself. Apart form the leader, none of them seemed to be especially malevolent or even that active, a comment perhaps along the lines that cultists are in fact relatively innocent people mislead by evil gurus. Also, aside from the potentially deadly tests of faith, the cult do not seem to do much other than chant and dance to exotic sounding flute and drum beats. Couple this with the presence of various exotic, tribal looking artifacts in the seductresses apartment as well as the, as far as I recall multicultural make up of the cult itself and it seems that the film may well have been designed less as a devil worshipping cult frightener and more of a conservative reaction against beatniks and the emerging hippy lifestyle. Certainly the seductress figure appears to represent some sort of ideal of free love as she inducts the hero into the cult for seemingly no particular reason. She says she wants him, but he isn't exactly a prime male specimen so its difficult to see that there was any particular reason for doing so other than plucking him out of his staid conservative existence. Something that amused me was the cults object of worship. The follow an entity called Gamba and if my hearing did not deceive me, Gamba referred to as the devil god of evil. Now I always assumed that a devil god would be by definition evil, but I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe there's a devil god of cute furry puppies? Or a devil god of warm fuzzy mittens? Like any good film should do, this film makes you ask questions. As far as thing like acting, direction and writing go this film does pretty well. The writing is a bit disjointed but the film moves at a good speed and the direction is constantly atmospheric. The main character is pretty weak and bland, a malleable fellow played fairly well by Robert Alda. He isn't particularly interesting or heroic, more of an everyman caught up in things and a little confused. In short he seems to muddle along in an easily relatable way, giving the film a good core. As the villainies Bianca Milan, Linda Christian is very good, giving a poised seductive performance that is hard to resist. Ariadna Welter is pretty good as the heroes fiancée, whilst Neil Hamilton has ample sinister gravitas as the cult leader. The music is a sweet mixture of a jaunty sixties theme and hypnotic cult music and at one point one theme merges into the other with nice effect. All in all this is fun stuff, with a great period feel, some tension, interesting themes and good performances. The script could be better but the film pretty much zips along and provides a solid quirky good time. Worth a look for oldie horror enthusiasts.