# Where can I find Manos: The Hands of Fate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625 "2003-04-28T07:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shakey\_Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Shakey\_Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakey_Jake)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/1 "2003-04-28T07:48:14Z")
I’ve never actually had the opportunity to watch this gem (I’m talking about the MSTied version). From what I’ve heard, sitting through the original seems to be the equivalent of setting one’s own hair aflame. Anywho, is this episode of MST3K on DVD or VHS anywhere? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/2 "2003-04-28T07:57:33Z")
Here ya go: [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005S8L6/qid=1051516767/sr=1-1/ref=sr\_1\_1/104-8883309-2879128?v=glance&s=dvd](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005S8L6/qid=1051516767/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8883309-2879128?v=glance&s=dvd) Enjoy! Though perhaps ‘enjoy’ doesn’t accurately capture the experience of watching this film . . . ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/3 "2003-04-28T12:40:20Z")
Oh, **Hoops** beat me. I was going to say Amazon, too. Both DVD and VHS available there. That movie hurt so very, very much. I can’t imagine having seen it unMSTified. I think my brain would have exploded. And, while I’m here, a quote: Crow (as the Master): “Oh my God. My pants are on fire.” ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/4 "2003-04-28T13:01:41Z")
“I am bemused by that plucky painting.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/5 "2003-04-28T13:02:28Z")
In case anyone’s interested, [here](http://jophan.org/mimosa/m18/18_p35.html) is a fascinating article about the making of **Manos**. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/6 "2003-04-28T16:08:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\*In case anyone’s interested, [here](http://jophan.org/mimosa/m18/18_p35.html) is a fascinating article about the making of **Manos**. \*\* Bad link, **Max**. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/7 "2003-04-28T16:42:16Z")
Actually, the link worked for me… Which was a surprise, since they usually don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/8 "2003-04-29T04:24:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* Where can I find Manos: The Hands of Fate?\*\* You don’t find Manos…Manos finds YOU!! Mwahahaha!! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/9 "2003-04-29T04:35:47Z")
It was on late night TV not too long ago, here in the OKC. I had to set my own hair on fire. MST3K, I miss you. (The real one, with Joel.) ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/10 "2003-04-29T12:33:46Z")
Honestly, this movie is so bad even the MST3Ked version is extermely painful. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/11 "2003-04-29T13:22:33Z")
The DVD has an additional outtake reel as well which is great! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/12 "2003-04-29T13:48:40Z")
How can you _tell?_ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-manos-the-hands-of-fate/171625/13 "2003-04-29T14:00:25Z")
The little girl gets turned into a goat The goat forgets its lines and is constamtly off cue otherwise