Rainey Dawn Good find in the 50-pack Drive-in Collection. This one is a good old fashioned horror film. It's not a blood and guts film like we have today. The film is just a good older horror film. I'm very glad they added this gem to the 50-pack.Rick has dreams of a woman named Bianca but is engaged to Donna. Rick becomes strangely hypnotized by his dreams of Bianca and seeks her out. She seduces him into a cult that worships Camba. Donna becomes sick and is in the hospital by the wicked cult leader Francis and his Bianca. Can Rick snap out of it? Can Rick save himself and Donna? This is a worthwhile film. It's not the greatest horror film from the 1960s but it's a good one.6/10

bensonmum2 Rick Turner (Robert Alda) is an engaged man who begins having dreams about a very seductive blonde woman. He is mysteriously drawn to a doll shop where he finds not only a doll that looks like his fiancé, but another that is the spitting image of the woman in his dreams. He finds the woman, Bianca Milan (Linda Christian), and immediately falls under her spell. In no time at all, Rick has all but forgotten his fiancé, professed his undying love for Bianca, and joined a cult that worships Gamba, the Devil God of Evil. Wow, that was quick!I readily admit - I enjoy this movie way more than I should. The Devil's Hand isn't particularly good, but it is a blast. Why? The main reason is Neil Hamilton as the doll shop owner / cult leader Francis Lamont. Most people my age will immediately recognize Hamilton as Commissioner Gordon form the 1960s Batman TV program. He plays Lamont just like he did Commissioner Gordon - perfectly straight. And it's a blast to watch! He delivers some of the most ridiculous lines with an absolute straight face. I loved it. The rest of the movie is entertaining enough with a reasonably good plot, the stunning Linda Christian, and the wheel of death being highlights. If I have one complaint, it would be Robert Alda. Bland doesn't begin to describe him in The Devil's Hand. But I suppose that's the type of character who could so easily be seduced into joining a the cult of Gamba, the Devil God of Evil. (Is it necessary to add the "Evil" part at the end? He is a Devil God after all. "Evil" would seems a bit redundant.)

unbrokenmetal Rick Turner (Robert Alda) is engaged to Donna Trent (Ariadna Welter), but every night he has strange dreams of a beautiful woman in the skies. The owner of a doll shop, Francis Lamont (Neil Hamilton), introduces him - via a doll that looks exactly like the woman from his visions - to Bianca Milan (Linda Christian). When Rick meets Bianca, he realizes that she is "evil but beautiful", in fact, she is a witch who invites him to a cult worshiping the devil god Gamba. Francis Lamont happens to be the high priest of that cult. Rick has a love affair with the witch, but he realizes that they try to keep Donna away from him (and stick a long needle into her doll, voodoo style). Rick starts fighting the bad influence that Bianca and Lamont have over him...This movie looked already old-fashioned in the 1980s when people watched movies like Alan Parker's 'Angel Heart', much more gory and terrifying. 'The Devil's Hand' is pedestrian entertainment without the shocks, but for its time well done. Linda Christian as the witch is stunning. The story is built up well, first the dreams, then the dolls, leading to the cult. Recommendable for everyone who likes old b/w movies that didn't need a bucket of blood at the studio.

Andy McGregor An overly sleek socialite is haunted by visions of a beautiful scantily clad vixen, which becomes an intriguing mystery when he finds a doll with her likeness. The colluding shop-owner reveals the girl from his dreams actually exists and encourages him to deliver it in person to her, which he does. When he arrives, she admits to being a voodoo witch. Obviously he has been under her voodoo spell all along, but joins her voodoo cult without question anyway. It turns out the shopkeeper is the voodoo priest and the basement of the shop is their temple. Later the hapless cad has growing doubts which lead him to be tested. Rather than comply, he rejects the religion and the witch-girl and in trying to escape, destroys the temple.This rather nonsensical fair thankfully drives on at a decent pace and is a bearable length. Robert Alda does not give an amazing performance, but plays his character much as his own personality. The witch-girl is a smouldering beauty even if her performance is wooden. Neil Hamilton is unconvincing and gives a rather dry delivery rather than the campy style his role deserved. Somehow this movie manages to be charming enough to not completely suck, but very nearly does!