Demonoid (film)

Demonoid: Messenger of Death
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfredo Zacarías
Written by	David Lee Fein F. Amos Powell Alfredo Zacarías
Produced by	Alfredo Zacarías Miguel Zacarías
Starring	Samantha Eggar Stuart Whitman Roy Jenson Lew Saunders Narciso Busquets José Chávez
Cinematography	Álex Phillips Jr.
Edited by	Sandy Nervig
Music by	Richard Gillis
Production company	Panorama Films
Distributed by	American Panorama
Release date	June 1981 (1981-06) (United States)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	English

Demonoid (also known as Demonoid: Messenger of Death, and Macabra: La mano del diablo), is a 1981 Mexican supernatural horror film written, produced, and directed by Alfredo Zacarías and based on a story by Zacarías. The plot centres on a group of explorers, who find a mysterious hand in Mexico that causes madness and death to whoever owns it. The film, an English-language Mexican production, was released theatrically in the U.S. in June 1981 to predominantly negative reviews, however, over the years it has achieved cult movie status.