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Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder thos...( read more  read more... )e who anger him.

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R, 104 min.

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Release Date: April 24, 1981

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DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007

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  • YosemiteSamFan
    January 25, 2008
    YosemiteSamFan
    Dated, dull, silly and not scary. No gore is shown when Michael Caine's hand is severed. A silly concept. The story takes a few turns, which almost saves it.
  • drblood
    June 24, 2007
    drblood
    Michael Caine does a great job... let's give him a big hand... ooops!
  • LisaMJ
    May 14, 2009
    LisaMJ
    Old style horror. Not really very scary, but good.
  • ileo
    January 13, 2008
    ileo
    Great movie! This is among one of my favorite horror films of all times. A severed hand possessed by dark forces. Interesting, even for Michael Caine.
  • brightand
    September 20, 2009
    brightand
    I was pleasantly surprised by this Oliver Stone movie. Usually I dislike his movies like Platoon and JFK but this one, man was it good. The plot is nothing new but it is pulled of so well.

    Michael Caine plays John Lansdale, a cartoonist who's drawing hand is accidentally sever...( read more)ed in a car crash. Traumatized, Lansdale cannot continue his drawing career so he decides to teach. Although, the severed hand cannot be found anywhere and people start to die in strange ways.

    The movie plays as if it were straight out of a classic EC horror comic which is great. I love that old fifties style of comic book. The special effects by Stan Winston are amazingly well done. The crawling and strangling hands that were designed look great when they hit the screen. Even though there is one scene with gore, it is done so well that it rivals the gore in some more popular horror movies like Saw.

    The acting is great mainly because of Michael Caine. He makes the movie what it is. His slow decent into madness is captured quite well. The rest of the cast do good jobs in their minor roles. The screenplay is exceptional and is well written
  • rajiv23gooners
    August 11, 2009
    rajiv23gooners
    not great, but i like how the movie forced the audiences to think when they are watching this movie..
  • KESSLER72
    July 18, 2009
    KESSLER72
    Michael Caine is great as always...too bad this flick is a dud.
  • wkt
    January 19, 2009
    wkt
    what possessed Michael Caine to make this movie is beyond me
  • djskyler
    November 23, 2008
    djskyler
    Nice little thriller that is notable for a passionate performance from Michael Caine.
  • Blaxunshine
    October 6, 2008
    Blaxunshine
    I heard somewhere that Michael Caine did this movie & Jaws The Revenge sorely for the money. You would have to do a killer hand flix (even if it was written and directed by Oliver Stone) for the cash. Stone has a cameo as a bum who gets strangled; someone should have actually st...( read more)rangled him to prevent him from making this movie to begin w/

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