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The Cabinet of Caligari is a 1962 horror film about a young woman who seeks help at an old mansion after her car breaks down. Once there, however, her problems go from bad worse…

The movie was directed by Roger Kay (The Twilight Zone) from a screenplay by Robert Bloch, author of the novel Psycho. The film’s cinematographer was John L. Russell, who also worked on Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) based on Bloch’s novel.

Although the film has a title that is very similar to that of the acclaimed silent horror film The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920), it shares very few similarities, except for the main plot twist.

The Robert L. Lippert Productions-Associated Producers movie stars Glynis Johns (Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School), Dan O’Herlihy (RoboCop 2; Halloween III: Season of the Witch), Richard Davalos (Something Wicked This Way Comes; Legacy of Blood), Lawrence Dobkin (Them!),

Plot:
Motorist Jane Lindstrom (Glynis Johns) has a blowout and seeks assistance at an estate owned by Caligari, a very polite man with a German accent. After spending the night she finds that Caligari will not let her leave; he proceeds to ask some personal questions and shows her distasteful pictures.

Prevented by guards from leaving, and unable to telephone, Jane seeks allies among the other guests but finds only three possible candidates: the older Paul, the younger Mark (for whom she has romantic desires), and a lively elderly woman named Ruth.

After seeing Ruth tortured, Jane goes to Paul who convinces her to confront Caligari. Jane does so and tries to seduce him, as she suspects he has been spying on her in the bath. After that fails, Caligari reveals that he and Paul and are the same person and Jane runs down a corridor of wildly shifting imagery that acts as a transition.

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Countries of origin:
UK
USA

Technical specs:
1 hour 46 minutes
Black and white
Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1

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