Demonoid [Blu-ray/DVD] [2 Discs]

Director: Alfredo Zacharias Alfredo Zacharias

Overview

This inept horror film is a rare treat for fans of laughably bad cinema. From the opening flashback, in which a group of hooded cultists chop off a woman's hand and the obviously rubber appendage bounces to the floor, Macabra starts to amuse. By the time the action shifts to present-day Mexico, and the film's heroine (Samantha Eggar) has a discussion with a silver-mine worker as to the sex of a mine and whether silver mines get jealous, it becomes hilarious. The plot concerns the fabled "left hand of power" belonging to Satan, which possesses people's minds, forcing them to chop off their own hands until a priest (Stuart Whitman) turns back the evil. The most unintentionally amusing scenes involve the victims doing everything in their power to chop off their own possessed left hands. They roll around on the floor, put their hands under speeding trains, and force doctors to amputate them at gunpoint. Meanwhile, director Alfredo Zacharias films some explosions and many authentic ruins to promote the idea that Macabra is a professional motion picture. Even in its best moments, however, this film can only approximate a particularly weak episode of Fantasy Island.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/23/2016
UPC:	0814456020105
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	R
Source:	Vinegar Syndrome
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:19:00
Sales rank:	17,216

Special Features

Alternate international version: Macabra (90 min) New video interview with director Alfredo Zacarias Multiple theatrical trailers and TV spot Original artwork gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Samantha Eggar	Jennifer Baines
Roy Cameron Jenson	Mark Baines,Mark Baines
Stuart Whitman	Father Cunningham
Narciso Busquets	Dr. Julian Rivkin
Erika Carlsson	Nurse Morgan
Lew Saunders	Sgt. Leo Matson
Luis R. Rubin	Actor
Richard Gillis	Composer

Technical Credits

Alfredo Zacharías

Amos Powell

David Lee Fein

Bob Burns	Special Effects,Special Effects
Alfredo Zacharias	Director,Producer
Alfredo Zacharías	Screenwriter
Amos Powell	Screenwriter
David Lee Fein	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Demonoid
1. Chapter 1 [5:13]
2. Chapter 2 [5:14]
3. Chapter 3 [5:25]
4. Chapter 4 [4:54]
5. Chapter 5 [4:58]
6. Chapter 6 [4:34]
7. Chapter 7 [4:53]
8. Chapter 8 [4:09]
9. Chapter 9 [5:16]
10. Chapter 10 [5:20]
11. Chapter 11 [5:29]
12. Chapter 12 [5:32]
13. Chapter 13 [4:27]
14. Chapter 14 [3:57]
15. Chapter 15 [5:59]
16. Chapter 16 [4:31]
1. Chapter 1 [5:48]
2. Chapter 2 [4:54]
3. Chapter 3 [4:58]
4. Chapter 4 [5:44]
5. Chapter 5 [6:07]
6. Chapter 6 [4:16]
7. Chapter 7 [5:02]
8. Chapter 8 [4:33]
9. Chapter 9 [6:24]
10. Chapter 10 [3:54]
11. Chapter 11 [5:25]
12. Chapter 12 [4:09]
13. Chapter 13 [4:38]
14. Chapter 14 [4:35]
15. Chapter 15 [5:31]
16. Chapter 16 [5:14]
17. Chapter 17 [4:20]
18. Chapter 18 [4:35]
1. Chapter 1 [5:48]
2. Chapter 2 [4:54]
3. Chapter 3 [4:58]
4. Chapter 4 [5:44]
5. Chapter 5 [6:07]
6. Chapter 6 [4:16]
7. Chapter 7 [5:02]
8. Chapter 8 [4:33]
9. Chapter 9 [6:24]
10. Chapter 10 [3:54]
11. Chapter 11 [5:25]
12. Chapter 12 [4:09]
13. Chapter 13 [4:38]
14. Chapter 14 [4:35]
15. Chapter 15 [5:31]
16. Chapter 16 [5:14]
17. Chapter 17 [4:20]
18. Chapter 18 [4:35]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Demonoid
   Play Film
   Chapters
   Special Features
      Macabra - Alternate International Version
         Macabra - English Track
            Play
            Chapters
         Macabra - French Track
            Play
            Chapters
      Macabra Trailer
      Macabra TV Spot
      The Devil's Hand: Interview With Director Alfredo Zacarias
      Demonoid Trailer
      Artwork Gallery