☆ ☆ ☆
Mad
Love (1935) – K. Freund
Perhaps more appropriately titled, “The
Hands of Orlac”, after the French source material, this horror film involves a
hand transplant (from knife throwing murderer to concert pianist) where the
hands have a will of their own. Peter
Lorre, in his first American film, is disturbing as the icky sleazy warped
doctor who is infatuated with the actress married to the concert pianist. There are some good creepy moments where
Lorre seems to drool over torture scenes in a play starring the actress – what
is his infatuation with her? Is it some
kind of degraded sexual fetish? Lorre makes you think so. The rest of the film (and even Karl Freund’s
heralded direction) can’t keep up with Lorre’s standards.
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