The death of a famous piano player sends his household into disarray as staff and family clash over his estate, in and amoungst the scheming however is the, supposed, severed hand of the piano player himself strangling those to death who have wronged him.

Learn the tale of the demonic hand and the real man behind it.

As well we are continuing our meta conversation around the idea of madness in slasher films and the societal factors behind the idea of the killer who kills but can't remember it as related to the period of this film's release.

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In a remote mansion and monster hunts, it's target a young mute woman, this monster has killed before selecting the disabled for its dark aims, and it is closing in.

Learn the tale of the monster known as Albert Warren.

For out broader conversation on the proto-slasher this film is very important as it introduces the idea of slasher who thinks they are killing for righteous reasons as well as introduces the concept of group targeting which we would see developed far more in the heydey of the slasher.

A celebrated pianist turns into a murderous villain each time he hears a discordant musical note. What begins as seemingly random acts of violent happening under the guise of amnesia, quickly starts to look far more underlying.

In terms of our meta conversation on the proto-slasher we also discuss the idea of music and it's link to killers, with regard to diegetic and non-diegetic music use.