Witchcraft, The Naked Goddess, Devil's Doll and Live to Love) is a 1961 American independent horror film.

It follows the activities of a group of 20th century Los Angelenos who are members of a cult that worships Gamba, the Great Devil God.

As Rick and Donna leave, Frank takes the doll into his back room with curtains, open-flame lamps, an altar, a statue of the Buddha.

The meeting is held in the back room at the doll shop, for Frank is the High Executioner of the Gamba cult.

At the stroke of midnight, Frank grabs the doll of the man who took the photo - an undercover reporter - and jams a pin through its head.

Rick Newberry, Pierre Groleau, Harris Gilbert, and Dave Harney are all listed as associate producers.

[1] Rex Carlton Productions began work on The Devil's Hand in Mexico City in mid-January 1959,[2] but the movie did not have its premiere until September 13, 1961, in San Diego, California,[3] released on a double-bill with Bloodlust!

"[7] By the time The Devil's Hand was released, Welter had starred in 21 films made in her and her sister's native country of Mexico.

[8] The "Theme from 'The Devil's Hand,'" performed by Baker Harris and the Knightmares, was released as a 45 RPM 7" single on the Chess Records label in July 1961.

Margaret Harford of The Los Angeles Times called it a "sub-standard horror feature" and wrote that "the plot is absurd and performed in dead earnest."

"[4] BoxOffice magazine's anonymous reviewer said the film was a "tale of woe not to be dismissed lightly by those audience components known to acclaim and accolade all-out stress on the indelicate in man."

The reviewer continued, "the production's overall effect is one of ponderous detail as all concerned strive excessively for gruesomeness" and concluded that "the audience should be regulated to adult participation.

"[12] The magazine's "Exploitip" for exhibitors to drum up business was to "invite a local woman to sit at a special post-midnight screening, appropriately covered by press, radio and TV.

"[13] The actors voiced similar disapproval of the film, with star Linda Christian stating, "I liked my part.

"[7] Bryan Senn later noted that "according to co-star Ariadna Welter, Robert Alda 'wasn't too pleased with the results' of this picture."

British film critic Phil Hardy billed it as "cheaply made" and noted that it "compares distinctly unfavourably" with Hole's Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959), a film Hardy describes as "an inane, virtually plotless mixture of haunted houses, hot-rodders and rock'n'roll".

[15] Senn criticizes the film's characterizations, saying it "offers no depth of character anywhere, ignoring whatever tortured reasons caused these people to seek out this 'devil-god of evil.'

(None of the bland characters seem as if they've lost their soul - they don't appear interesting enough to have even had one in the first place - and the coven comes across as nothing more than a rather silly and dull after-hours club).

The DVDs Shiver & Shudder Show in 2002 and The Crown Jewels: America's Oldest Indie Film Company in 2016 both used clips from the movie.