It shocks the unshockables!
Critical Perspective
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The Cabinet of Caligari boasts some interesting visual flourishes—especially during its bravura finale, the only sequence where the film attempts to recreate the expressionist production design of Weine’s silent classic [The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari].
Mark Clark and Bryan Senn, Sixties Shockers: A Critical Filmography of Horror Cinema, 1960-1969 (McFarland, 2011) -
Bloch’s first screenplay, after providing the source material for Psycho (1960), comes complete with distorted sets, much higher lunacy, and a striking performance from O’Herlihy. The result is perversely fascinating.
Phil Hardy, The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror (The Overlook Press, 1994)
The Cabinet of Caligari DVD editions
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| Disc Extras | 20th Century Fox DVD-1/US 2005 |
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| Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- 20th Century Fox’s DVD is also available in the “Studio Classics” box set with The Fly (1958), The Alligator People (1959) and House of the Damned (1963).
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Collector’s guide
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| Extras | Theatrical Trailer 20th Century Fox DVD |