The movie in question scared me enough from the one scene that I DID see that I didn’t watch the rest of the movie.  I was around 10 or so at the time and now 25 years later I’d like to know what the hell the movie was about.

In the one scene I can remember, I want to say ‘a group of teenagers’ some how find a very ornate ‘music box’ looking device which had either a ‘key’ or ‘medallion’ to turn it on or wind it.  One of the teens held it in the palm of his(?) hand and activated it.

All stood around and watched (like idiots) as the device ‘opened’ and extended spider-like legs which clasped around the holder’s hand and latched into place, making it then impossible for him to just drop it.

Once those legs were secured around his hand, one last scorpion-tail-like appendage folded out of the device and plunged rather firmly into the holder’s wrist.

I have no idea what effect it had, as I was already hiding from the TV by then.  The few facts I can include here I remember vividly after 25 years .. I don’t remember anything else.

• the approximate date you saw it,
  • around the age of 10, so around 1988 to 1993 ~ish
• whether it was in English or another language,
  • I would say it was in English but I don’t remember any dialog
• whether you saw it on TV (it might be a TV episode rather than a movie),
  • I saw it at home on -a- TV.  I -think- it was a movie, but I guess it -could- have been a TV show.
• whether it was in color or black and white, and
  • I am fairly certain it was in color
• anything else you can think of that might help pinpoint the film.
  • I was afraid of the one scene I did see, so I do not think I ever watched any of the rest.

Thanks for reading my post and trying to help!
Blaise.B