#alien hand

[vikramsharma007]

[some1s-sista]

Painted my nails today! Have no idea when the last time I did that was. It’s a festive sparkly bright red for VDay, although I doubt it will last that long. But it’s ok, I saw a drawer full of other colors I want to try next.

[un-fortunate-sloth]

Had a few invader Zim thoughts. Specifically how holding an irkens hand would work. I didn't end up liking that sketch but I made a bunch of them but really liked these two.

[wileywithwords]

Vacuum Aphysixiation - By Wiley

[ufosightingsfootage]

This is messed up big time! If correct then what the hell is going on.

[boroglass253]

My slyme alien hand holding a ball pendant with a fat chunk of opal in the ball 🔥👽🔥👽🔥👽🔥👽🔥👽🔥👽🔥👽🔥👽

[reallyweirdrealworld]

Alien Hand Syndrome: A Real Condition Behind “Evil” Limbs

Imagine your hand having a mind of its own, one that could let it attack you or other people...

The human brain is a funny thing, especially when it gets damaged...

[meanypunches]

Wild at Heart (The Samuel Goldwyn Company 1990), Directed by David Lynch:

Isabella Rossellini just hanging out in a rundown shack in Big Tuna Texas (upper left)

Bobby Peru with a stocking on his head (upper right)

The dog carries the man’s hand in its mouth. (lower left)

screenshot from The Alien Hand and the Technosphere by Matteo Pasquinelli (available on academia.edu)

This goes along with both my own dog theory and the theory of the alien hand. The dog theory was suggested to me years ago that any time you see a dog in a film it concerns ‘the astral plane’ (see Alice Bailey) or ‘the plane of desire’. I suggest the film Dead Calm for a good example of a dog betraying its master’s true desires. Here in the scene depicted the idea of desire collapses into blood and gore. The hand is an innocent victim, immobile and carried away by a dog like Toto in the Wizard of Oz. The characters in Wild at Heart never get to meet the Wizard. The Alien Hand or ‘the hand that thinks’ is a prominent theme in the modern folklore of cinema. Try Evil Dead 2 (directed by Sam Raimi) or Dr. Strangelove (directed by Stanley Kubrick) for excellent scenes where hands or even entire limbs develop minds of their own. There is also the horror flick titled simply The Hand starring Michael Caine if you want the pure horror distillation. In comic books and folklore hands remember every crime and if you get a hand transplant—watch out!

As for the film Wild at Heart, I saw this in the theater when it first arrived and loved it. Later at university I watched it again as part of a class on American film. The prof was this sweet lady who loved so many classic movies like Casablanca and the Best Years of Our Lives, but she also loved films like this one. I remember her saying there was just something so American about it, something so amazing and unique. So many car crash scenes. The chilling assassination of Johnnie Farragut. Bobby Peru and his decrepit teeth. The snakeskin jacket and personal freedom. And don’t forget the opening manslaughter. So much fun to be had with this movie.