Manos: The Hands of Fate

Manos: The Hands of Fate is a 1966 American independent no-budget supernatural folk horror film written, directed, produced by Harold P. Warren. It stars Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Mahree and Harold P. Warren. The film follows a family getting lost during their vacation road trip through the Texas desert and becoming stranded at the lodge of a polygynous pagan cult led by the Master who decides their fate.

The film was notably mocked in Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Background
The 16mm Bell & Howell camera is wound by hand with up to 32 seconds of footage, creating many unresolved editing problems. Rather than using location sync sound recording, all sound effects and dialogue were overdubbed in post-production, with dubbing being done in Dallas Texas. Very few of the on-screen actors dubbed their own audio as they were likely unavailable. The only actors to re-voice their own lines were Harold P. Warren, Diane Adelson, Tom Neyman, and William Bryan Jennings. The rest of the voices were done by a single man and woman, one of which is said to be Warren's wife Norma.

Video Releases
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed version of the film was released on DVD in 2001 and was included as part of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Essentials DVD collection in 2004.