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