Finally got around to checking out Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix, and right off the bat I jumped into Manos, which many have dubbed the worst movie of all time. As far as I'm concerned, it absolutely is. There's all kinds of sad, depressing trivia about this thing. The best actor in it killed himself before the movie came out, leaving this as his only film credit. The only participants who were paid in any way were a little girl (with a tricycle) and a dog (with dog food). All the dialogue is dubbed in, and none of the shots last longer than thirty seconds because the whole thing was shot on a wind-up camera, leading to all kinds of discontinuities in what are clearly supposed to be single shots. The whole thing is a disaster, a perfect blend of bad acting, bad writing, poor quality, repetitive shots and music, just everything about it flat out sucks. I can't imagine trying to sit through this without the Mystery Science Theater 3000 banter.
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