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Oh Manos, thou of primal darkness, thou of who dwellweth in the depths of the universe, the black chasms of the night...
~ The Master praising Manos.
Arise, my wives, give ear to the words of Manos. Arise, my wives, and hear the will of Manos!
~ The Master

The Master is the main antagonist of the 1966 low-budget cult-classic horror movie, Manos: The Hands of Fate and its 2018 sequel Manos Returns. He is a malefic priest who tries (and succeeds) to take away a woman named Margaret and make her his new wife. He benefits from, and worships the mysterious entity know as Manos.

He was portrayed by the late Tom Neyman in both films.

Biography[]

He is the leader of an undead cult that worships the god Manos. The Master likes to dress in large black robes with red hands on them. The Master's main servant is Torgo, who lives at the Valley Lodge and watches the place while The Master is away. According to Torgo, The Master is not dead the way we know it, but is with his people (AKA his cult followers) always. This statement by Torgo implies that The Master is dead, but has the ability to come back anytime new "guests" arrive, hinting at a resurrection ability. This resurrection implication is strengthened when The Master seems to kill (or brainwash) Torgo, after stating that he must die for trying to steal his future wife, Margaret, from him. Shortly after this scene, Torgo is fine and well again, implying that The Master resurrected him. This is unclear, however, as the scene where The Master confronts Torgo, it almost seems as if The Master kills or knock-outs Torgo with his mind alone, simply staring him dead in the eyes until he seemingly passes out. The Master also had a Devil Dog to stand guard while he and his wives slept. The same Devil Dog is implied to have killed the newly arrived family's dog later in the film.

Sometime (likely multiple years) before 1966, the Master began worshiping Manos. He proceeded to kidnap a woman who would become his First Wife. After this, The Master meets Torgo, likely after Torgo wanted assistance and met The Master at his iconic lodge.

The Master gets help from Torgo with kidnapping more women and making them his wives. Never satisfied with the number of wives he had, the Master continued kidnapping women to act as his wives.

In 1966, Michael, his wife Margaret, and their daughter Debbie stumbled upon the house that Torgo has been watching over for The Master after Michael gets the family lost due to his refusal to stop for directions. The family was unable to escape due to Torgo and The Master trapping them in the house (The Master's intention being to kill the family besides Margaret). The Master takes the opportunity to get rid of (possibly kill temporarily) Torgo after finding out Torgo has been trying to keep Margaret for himself and has been talking badly about The Master and his wives while they slept. Later, after possibly resurrecting Torgo, The Master has 2 of his wives kill Torgo (or, rather "massage" him to death), but shortly after, forces (a now alive) Torgo's hand into a small bonfire as a sacrifice, which burns it off and Torgo runs away into the night. The Master later replaces Torgo's spot with Michael at the end of the film. Additionally, The Master successfully made Margaret his wife, and in a truly perverted (and contradicting, due to The Master earlier on deciding to kill the rest of the family) move, did the same with Debbie.

The Master continued to lead his cult in the many years that followed, with an older Debbie eventually becoming his right-hand woman.

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Trivia[]

  • Neyman's daughter Jackey portrayed Debbie in the film.
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