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The Pianist with Ten Fingers (Piano & musical horror films)

by Oslo_Jargo • Created 8 years ago • Modified 3 months ago
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  • Peter Lorre, Robert Alda, and Andrea King in The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

    1. The Beast with Five Fingers

    19461h 28mApproved
    6.5 (3.2K)
    In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a wheelchair-bound one-handed pianist with a strong belief in the occult is murdered.
    DirectorRobert FloreyStarsRobert AldaAndrea KingPeter Lorre
  • The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

    2. The Mephisto Waltz

    19711h 55mR47Metascore
    6.1 (3.5K)
    An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
    DirectorPaul WendkosStarsAlan AldaJacqueline BissetBarbara Parkins
  • John Cusack and Elijah Wood in Grand Piano (2013)

    3. Grand Piano

    20131h 30mR61Metascore
    5.9 (20K)
    A pianist with stage fright endures a performance under the eyes of a mysterious sniper, who will shoot and kill him if a wrong note is played.
    DirectorEugenio MiraStarsElijah WoodJohn CusackKerry Bishé
  • Carmen Cartellieri, Fritz Kortner, Alexandra Sorina, Conrad Veidt, and Robert Wiene in The Hands of Orlac (1924)

    4. The Hands of Orlac

    19241h 32mNot Rated
    7.0 (3.7K)
    A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.
    DirectorRobert WieneStarsConrad VeidtAlexandra SorinaFritz Strassny
  • Barry Morse in The Twilight Zone (1959)

    5. The Twilight Zone

    Episode: 

    A Piano in the House

    (1962)
    1959–196425mTV-PGTV Episode
    7.5 (2.7K)
    Sadistic theatre critic Fitzgerald Fortune buys a gift for his wife Esther's birthday: a player piano that has the power to reveal the souls of all who hear it play. He then uses it to provide "entertainment" for her birthday party.
    DirectorDavid GreeneStarsBarry MorseJoan HackettDon Durant
  • Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

    6. The Phantom of the Opera

    19251h 33mPassed
    7.5 (21K)
    A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
    DirectorsRupert JulianLon ChaneyErnst LaemmleStarsLon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman Kerry
  • Philip Roth and Michael Warren in Tales from the Darkside (1983)

    7. Tales from the Darkside

    Episode: 

    The Satanic Piano

    (1985)
    1983–198830mTV-14TV Episode
    5.4 (326)
    Struggling composer Pete Bancroft is contacted by strange Wilson Farber, who has invented a synthesizer that can read minds and may be able to help Bancroft in his career.
    DirectorJohn HarrisonStarsMichael WarrenLisa BonetPhilip Roth
  • Herk Harvey and Candace Hilligoss in Carnival of Souls (1962)

    8. Carnival of Souls

    19621h 18mPG
    7.0 (30K)
    After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
    DirectorHerk HarveyStarsCandace HilligossFrances FeistSidney Berger
  • Timothy Dalton in Tales from the Crypt (1989)

    9. Tales from the Crypt

    Episode: 

    Werewolf Concerto

    (1992)
    1989–199624mNot RatedTV Episode
    6.7 (883)
    An Agatha Christie-style mystery sees the inhabitants of a remote hotel terrorized by rumors of a werewolf prowling the area. Not to fear, as a self-appointed werewolf hunter is amongst them. But might he have a dark secret of his own?
    DirectorSteve PerryStarsTimothy DaltonDennis FarinaWalter Gotell
  • Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster in Phantom of the Opera (1943)

    10. Phantom of the Opera

    19431h 32mApproved63Metascore
    6.4 (8.9K)
    An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.
    DirectorArthur LubinStarsNelson EddySusanna FosterClaude Rains
  • Fred Beir in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)

    11. Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    Episode: 

    Firefall

    (1974)
    1974–197551mTV Episode
    7.5 (563)
    The evil spirit of a murdered arsonist who loved classical music is somehow incinerating his former enemies, while simultaneously trying to take to life again.
    DirectorDon WeisStarsDarren McGavinSimon OaklandFred Beir
  • Christopher Lee, Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, and Lucile Saint-Simon in The Hands of Orlac (1960)

    12. The Hands of Orlac

    19601h 35m
    5.6 (541)
    A pianist who loses his hands in a plane crash receives the transplanted hands of an executed criminal but his new hands have the murderous tendencies of their previous owner.
    DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsMel FerrerChristopher LeeDany Carrel
  • Joe Penny in The Convict's Piano (1986)

    13. The Twilight Zone

    Episode: 

    The Convict's Piano

    (1986)
    1985–1989TV-PGTV Episode
    6.8 (278)
    Ricky Frost has been wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison, but his musical talent might see him free if he continues to play a certain piano.
    DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsJoe PennyNorman FellTom O'Brien
  • A Blade in the Dark (1983)

    14. A Blade in the Dark

    19831h 48mUnrated
    5.9 (4.3K)
    A killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer's identity.
    DirectorLamberto BavaStarsAndrea OcchipintiAnny PapaFabiola Toledo
  • Joseph Cotten and Wendy Hiller in Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

    15. Tales of the Unexpected

    Episode: 

    Edward the Conqueror

    (1979)
    1979–198830mTV-14TV Episode
    6.1 (392)
    A musically appreciative stray cat comes between an elderly husband and wife.
    DirectorRodney BennettStarsRoald DahlWendy HillerJoseph Cotten
  • William Finley in Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

    16. Phantom of the Paradise

    19741h 31mPG67Metascore
    7.3 (25K)
    A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsPaul WilliamsWilliam FinleyJessica Harper
  • Brenda Devine and Géza Kovács in Goosebumps (1995)

    17. Goosebumps

    Episode: 

    Piano Lessons Can Be Murder

    (1995)
    1995–199822mNot RatedTV Episode
    6.8 (947)
    When Jerry and his family move into a new house, he finds a long-abandoned piano. After deciding to take lessons, however, a ghost warns him that the music school he attends is not what it seems.
    DirectorWilliam FruetStarsBen CookBarclay HopeCarolyn Scott
  • Deep Red (1975)

    18. Deep Red

    19752h 7mR89Metascore
    7.5 (46K)
    A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.
    DirectorDario ArgentoStarsDavid HemmingsDaria NicolodiGabriele Lavia
  • Charles Aidman and Hazel Court in Thriller (1960)

    19. Thriller

    Episode: 

    The Terror in Teakwood

    (1961)
    1960–196250mTV Episode
    7.5 (221)
    A concert pianist, so obsessed by the death of an arch-rival that he desecrates his grave, announces he will play a sonata written especially for the dead man's oversized hands.
    DirectorPaul HenreidStarsBoris KarloffGuy RolfeHazel Court
  • Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler in The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

    20. The Phantom of the Opera

    20042h 23mPG-1340Metascore
    7.2 (135K)
    A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.
    DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsGerard ButlerEmmy RossumPatrick Wilson
  • Isabelle Fuhrman in Orphan (2009)

    21. Orphan

    20092h 3mR42Metascore
    7.0 (269K)
    A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
    DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsVera FarmigaPeter SarsgaardIsabelle Fuhrman
  • Hellfire (1995)

    22. Hellfire

    19951h 25mPG-13TV Movie
    4.4 (182)
    Gabriella finds an unfinished symphony that was written by her late uncle Octave Barron who found inspiration through murder. Thrilled by its possibilities she hires Marius (Ben Cross) to complete the symphony. As he begins work on the piece he finds himself stuck in a bizarre murdering cycle handed down from the original composer.
    DirectorDavid TausikStarsBen CrossJennifer BurnsBeverly Garland
  • Torture Garden (1967)

    23. Torture Garden

    19671h 33mApproved
    6.2 (3.7K)
    An anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.
    DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJack PalanceBurgess MeredithBeverly Adams
  • Hands of a Stranger (1962)

    24. Hands of a Stranger

    19621h 25mApproved
    5.2 (1.1K)
    A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical procedure goes awry when the new hands drive the pianist mad.
    DirectorNewt ArnoldStarsPaul LukatherJoan HarveyJames Noah
  • Reflections (1987)

    25. Reflections

    19871h 42m
    7.7 (1.4K)
    Piano teacher is deeply traumatised by the events of his childhood, as well as by political oppression in his youth. Decades later, all those traumas lead to carnage.
    DirectorGoran MarkovicStarsMustafa NadarevicAnica DobraMilorad Mandic-Manda

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