Mad Love (1935) is a horror film starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, and Colin Clive. When the film was released, some countries banned the film while others cut out the violent scenes. The film is an adaptation of Maurice Renard’s novel Les Mains d'Orlac (1920). This classic horror movie was Lorre's first American movie role, and set the tone for his playing insane murderers.

A concert pianist (Clive) loses his hands after a horrible train wreck. The hands of a killer, and expert knife thrower, are sewn on. Unfortunately, now the man has murderous thoughts and the hand skills of the man who owned them before him. Meanwhile, the brilliant surgeon, Dr. Gogol (Lorre), is in love with the man's wife (Drake) and will do anything to have her.

Mad Love is a 1995 drama/romance film starring Drew Barrymore, Chris O'Donnell and Matthew Lillard, directed by Antonia Bird. The screenplay is written by Paula Milne. The original music score is composed by Andy Roberts. The film was marketed with the tagline "A wild and sexy adventure!"

Casey and Matt are high school kids in love. They run away together Casey's parents check her into a mental hospital for trying to kll herself. Matt sneaks her out and on the road Casey starts to have Mental problems Written by

Matt falls in love with the new girl, Casey. He soon finds out she's not your typical high school girl. Her parents have her committed to a psychiatric hospital, but Matt helps her break out. They leave school and family behind to go on the run together. Written by Kim

Matt and Casey are Seattle teens that find love. However, Casey suffers from clinical depression, and is hospitalized for a suicide attempt. Matt, caring for Casey too much to leave her, helps her escape from the hospital, and they take to the road. Heading toward Mexico, Casey beings to experience the depression again. Matt, trying to help her, becomes scared. After another suicide attempt, deftly parried by Matt, they return to Seattle and their families, where Casey agrees to medication for her problem. Written by Crys Green

In Paris, the great surgeon Dr. Gogol falls madly in love with stage actress Yvonne Orlac, and his ardor disturbs her quite a bit when he discovers to his horror that she is married to concert pianist Stephen Orlac. Shortly thereafter, Stephen's hands are badly crushed in a train accident- beyond the power of standard medicine. Knowing that his hands are his life, Yvonne overcomes her fear and goes to Dr. Gogol, to beg him to help. Gogol decides to surgically graft the hands of executed murderer Rollo onto Stephen Orlac, the surgery is successful but has terrible side-effects... Written by Ken Yousten

In Paris, Dr. Gogol is infatuated with theater actress Yvonne Orlac as he returns to his same box seat for her every performance. Yvonne is married, however, to concert pianist Stephen Orlac. They plan to move to England. When Stephen's talented hands are crushed in a train wreck, Yvonne asks for Dr. Gogol's help by operating to save them. Although the doctor can't save Stephen's hands, he will do anything to help Yvonne. His solution is to replace the hands with those of an executed knife-throwing murderer. Gogol's obsession with Yvonne grows while Stephen discovers that his proficiency at the piano has been replaced by an uncanny accuracy with throwing things. The doctor's next move is to play on Stephen's mental distress to convince him that he is crazy, and a murderer. It is the only way he can get Yvonne. Written by Gary Jackson