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Writers:
Herbert Reinecker (writer)
Edgar Wallace (novel)
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Release Date:
1970 (USA) more
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Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Harald Leipnitz | ... | Inspektor Craig | |
| Klaus Kinski | ... | Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson | |
| Carl Lange | ... | Dr. Albert Mangrove | |
| Ilse Steppat | ... | Lady Emerson | |
| Hermann Lenschau | ... | Rechtsanwalt Douglas | |
| Diana Körner | ... | Myrna Emerson | |
| Gudrun Genest | ... | Schwester Harris | |
| Albert Bessler | ... | Butler Anthony | |
| Richard Haller | ... | Edward Appleton / Die Blaue Hand | |
| Ilse Pagé | ... | Miss Mabel Finley | |
| Fred Haltiner | ... | Wärter Reynolds | |
| Peter Parten | ... | Robert Emerson | |
| Thomas Danneberg | ... | Charles Emerson | |
| Heinz Spitzner | ... | Richter | |
| Siegfried Schürenberg | ... | Sir John |
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Also Known As:
Creature with the Blue Hand (USA)
The Bloody Dead (USA) (video title (recut version))
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Germany:87 min | USA:72 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Mono (Klangfilm-Magnetocord)
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Germany:12 (re-rating) (1991) | USA:GP | West Germany:16
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On the movie poster of the Italian release Diana Körner and Harald Leipnitz were credited as 'Diana Cornell' and 'Harald Leipniz'. more
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Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007) (V) more
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I had seen both "The Bloody Dead" and "Creature with the Blue Hand" on VHS until I bought the DVD that has both versions, and I have to say that I enjoyed them although I can't imagine how exactly they were intended to be taken. Here we have a young man who has escaped a nasty asylum and manages to get home (four miles) and change into his brother's clothes, and be downstairs in a matter of moments, having assumed his brother's identity and shaved (and showered? he was awful sweaty-looking). Anyway, this is Dave (played by Klaus Kinski)who has assumed the identity of his brother Richard. Dave's been in the nut-house for killing the family gardener. Meanwhile, someone stalks the halls of the estate with the deadly Blue Hand, a metal glove, of sorts, with retractable claws, for those nasty gouges that cause immediate death in all they touch. And, there's something going on with wrongful commitments to the asylum in an attempt for someone to get an inheritance, or something along those lines. It's not terribly clear. There's also a dour butler with deadpan delivery who is quite amusing. This pretty fun to watch, despite its shortcomings, and has a cool jazzy 60's soundtrack which is also very enjoyable. The Bloody Dead version has added footage of cannibalistic inmates at the asylum but none of the additions do much for improving the coherence of the story. Anyway this is fun in a kind of odd way, and if you don't mind some cheesy effects and plot holes a mile wide, you may well enjoy this. It would of course help if you've already seen some "Krimis" and know what to expect. 7 out of 10.