The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

6/6/2022

This is a seriously creepy affair that follows the story of the young "Franzis" (Friedrich Feher) who goes to a fairground one night with his friend "Alan" (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski). They happen upon the performance of the coffin-dwelling somnambulist prophesier "Cesare" (Conrad Veidt) and his spooky master "Dr. Caligari" (Werner Krauss). "Casare" - who is all but skeletal in appearance, portends looming disaster for "Alan", and when he is found murdered next morning suspicions turn to this enigmatic pair- even though there is no real "evidence" at all! Things take an even darker twist when the anaemic seer predicts that "Jane" (Lil Dagover), a gentle creature admired by both the deceased and his surviving friend, is not long for this mortal coil either... It falls to "Franzis" to sol

7/24/2022

This is the worst movie I've ever watched 15 minutes of. Lars von Trier once said he knew at the latest fifteen minutes into a movie whether it was worth continuing, and I took that advice to heart, so here we are. Okay. Seriously. SERIOUSLY? Yes, 102 years ago, "cinema" was in its early years. Silent movies, someone on a piano going plonkty plonk while people were drinking moonshine, smoking plutonium and coughing up pneumonia. Great. How fantastically interesting in a historical perspective. (Seriously, though, it is.) But hello, and welcome to reality in the now. This is absolute garbage. The only way this is useful in any way is as a source for memes. I'd like to see this with a death metal soundtrack. Or in MST3K form. Anything. Or simply as something displayed on the wall at a

8/30/2026

**"There are spirits. They are all around us."** My thoughts throughout the film... 1. The first half was a little boring and seemed cut and dry, but the second half ate 2. Caligari was going to town ringing that bell 3. His gloves are Mickey's gloves, could not take him seriously at all 4. It almost looked like Cesare had sparkly gold eyeshadow when his eyes were shut and I love that 5. TCODC's blue tint walked so Twilight could run 6. The music when Jane was being kidnapped did ***not*** fit the mood 7. At first, I thought Caligari and Cesare were immortal and I thought that was really cool, but they actually just used the original Caligari and Cesare's names and that's not as cool 8. When Caligari first met Cesare it was giving gay lovers 9. Justice for Franzis, they put m