Movie

The Hand

1981 · 104 min

A slow, uneasy slide into madness where a crawling hand blurs the line between hallucination and murder, leaving you tense and unsettled.

Tagline: It lives. It crawls. And suddenly, it kills.
Overview: 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 those who anger him.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Madness, obsession, betrayal, identity
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
obsession
betrayal
identity
guilt
Places: big city
countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild