The Crawling Hand (Don't Cry Wolf) (The Creeping Hand) (1963)

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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. He has no idea that the hand has been possessed by a strange,… More 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. He has no idea that the hand has been possessed by a strange, murderous alien who gradually begins to take over the hapless med student. Suddenly people all around town are found mysteriously strangled to death and now only a very hungry cat can save the rest of them. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Herbert L. Strock
Genres: Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy

In Theaters: Sep 4, 1963 Wide
On DVD: Aug 10, 2004
Studio: Scott Entertainment

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AJ V

The title says it all, an astronaut's hand is on the loose killing people. This movie is bad, but very funny for the most part, so I kind of enjoyed it anyway.
Greg S

An astronaut dies in space, but his murderous hand return to earth to interfere with teenage love affairs and elude incompetent sheriff Alan Hale. A nice assault scene set to the novelty rock n' roll song "The Bird is the Word", but otherwise silly and disposable early… More
An astronaut dies in space, but his murderous hand return to earth to interfere with teenage love affairs and elude incompetent sheriff Alan Hale. A nice assault scene set to the novelty rock n' roll song "The Bird is the Word", but otherwise silly and disposable early 1960s sci-fi.