Director Maurice Tourneur's work in the horror genre has been overshadowed by that of his son Jacques, but the elder Tourneur directed a genre classic with 1943's The Devil's Hand. Set at a remote mountain inn, the film sees a mysterious stranger arrive and tell a story of how his life was changed when he acquired a hand-shaped talisman. His fortune comes with a catch - he must sell the hand at a loss before his death to avoid the eternal fires of Hell.
The Devil's Hand comes to UK bluray on March 16th courtesy of Eureka Entertainment.
Check out Eureka's new trailer and artwork below.
The official synopsis reads:
Guests staying at an isolated mountain inn, cut off from the outside world by an avalanche, are astounded by the sudden arrival of Roland Brissot (Pierre Fresnay), a mysterious man with a prosthetic hand. He soon begins to regale the assembled patrons with his extraordinary story: once a struggling artist, his luck changed on the day that he bought an enchanted talisman in the shape of a hand, an artefact that supposedly bestows good fortune upon its owner. Overnight, he became talented, wealthy and contented – but he must sell the talisman at a loss before he dies, or else he will be damned to hell for all eternity…
