There's also Oliver Stone's _The Hand_. Scott On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Peter Warren wrote: > Klaus: There is also a movie called THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946, dir: > Robert Florey) with Robert Alda and Peter Lorre (from Mad Love), which > deals with an aging pianist seeking new hands for playing. There's a great > scene of disembodied hands playing the keys, if my memory serves. > > ---------- > > From: Klaus Bardenhagen <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Orlac, transplantations, body parts > > Date: Friday, September 24, 1999 12:23 PM > > > > I am looking for films that follow the pattern of Robert Wiene's ORLAC'S > > HANDS (1924) or Maurice Renard's original novel: Somebody is influenced > by > > organs he got from a transplantation, e.g. haunted by the evil spirit of > the > > donator. > > > > Of course, there are the "official" remakes: Mad Love, The Hands of Orlac > > (starring Christopher Lee), Hands of a Stranger (1962). > > Then there is Body Parts (1991, Jeff Fahey) and Blink (Madeline Stowe). I > > heard of some Italian horror films and a Tales From the Crypt-episode, as > > well as an episode from Carpenter/Hooper's Body Bags, but could not get a > lot > > of information on this. > > > > I am trying to work out the influence Wiene's film had on the development > > of the thriller/horror genre as well as the implications/themes of this > > particular story: why is it so popular, what basic anxieties does it > touch? > > > > Any suggestions are welcome. > > > > Klaus Bardenhagen > > > > -- > > Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net > > > > ---- > > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF > Screen-L > > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu > ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html