Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Hand easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Hand end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More violent than 85% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Hand

Name: The Hand
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1981
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill, Viveca Lindfors

It lives. It crawls. And suddenly, it kills.

Directed by Oliver Stone

Produced by Orion Pictures

1981104 min5.8 / 10

A darkly surreal psychological horror about a man haunted by his own severed hand, blending body horror with paranoia and existential dread.

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Clusters

Injury And Mental Breakdown Desire as Predator Claustrophobic Paranoid Thrillers Murder And Assassination Crime and Thriller

Genres

Horror Thriller

Keywords

Murder Psychological Thriller Severed Hand Crawling Hand Comic Book Artist

Questions people ask

Is The Hand scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Is The Hand easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does The Hand end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Hand violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.
Is The Hand sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.