Tuesday, October 2, 2007

The Glory Hand

Eh? What’s that? Never heard of a Glory Hand? No no no, it’s not the same thing as a glory hole… I say now old boy, have you ever seen The Wickerman movie? No, not the Nicholas Cage version, I mean the ORIGINAL Christopher Lee version of course!! The Hand of Glory, well it’s a… oh good god man, just read the story already, gor!

From the March 1953 issue of Forbidden Worlds #15







11 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is another great Hand of Glory Story in Chilling Tales #13 by Matt Fox.

Mr. Karswell said...

Care to scan it in and share it with us?

Anonymous said...

GREAT STORY.....LOVE ALL THE CREEPY MONSTER FACES MIXED INTO THE TREES!

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE ORIGINAL WICKERMAN BUT THE NEW ONE SUCKED! SO THE CHRIS LEE VERSION IS GOOD?

Anonymous said...

ha your introduction is priceless

Anonymous said...

The original Wicker Man is great, the remake is not.

Mr. Karswell said...

The original Wickerman has some terrifying moments and despite it having been remade recently into a laughable hunk of shit, the original still seems to be somewhat underrated and overlooked by many.

Anonymous said...

Walt Kelly meets H.P Lovecraft and Jack Davis-like art,hmmmm,the results aren't perfect,but they are fun...

Mr. Karswell said...

Ha ha, yeah that was POGO's severed mit used for the hand of glory.

Tamaaim said...

Happy birthday Bela

Anonymous said...

"Hand of Glory" movie in production: http://www.horrorsociety.com/2011/06/22/hand-of-glory/

TheHolderOfTales said...

Seems like they were screwed either way; the flame's got to go out sometime.