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THE HAND THAT FEEDS THE DEAD (1979) – Episode 257 – Decades of Horror 1970s

Jeff Mohr

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“My curiosity is justified by the fact that I am writing a book.” That, and you’re just plain nosey. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in a bit of ‘70s Eurohorror starring the one and only Klaus Kinski: The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974).

Decades of Horror 1970s
Episode 257 – The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974)

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Synopsis: Under strong influence from his burn victim wife, a wealthy aristocrat takes skin transplants from young women, who were captured, operated on against their will, and then killed, to fix his wife’s burnt body.

Your Decades of Horror 1970s Grue-Crew got together for a night of Klaus Kinski in The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974). Oh, oh! The Crew even found a tagline that pretty well summed up the experience: “Klaus Kinski carves up female faces in this lost Euro-horror shocker!” Of course, there is much more to the movie, but you get the picture. The most interesting thing about The Hand That Feeds the Dead might be Carlo Rambaldi’s effects work, as Kinski’s character repeatedly harvests his victims’ skin and transplants the harvest to his wife, who was severely burned in the fire that killed his father. And then there’s the dastardly manservant who goes beyond the pale while doing his master’s bidding. It turns out that the discussion after the fact is much more fun than the movie itself.

At the time of this writing, The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974, aka Evil Face)) is available to stream from Tubi. The film is also available on Blu-ray from Full Moon Features.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next ‘70s episode, chosen by Bill, will be Blood (1973), directed by the one and only Andy Milligan. Yikes!

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