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Dr. Caligari

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The granddaughter (Madeleine Reynal) of an infamous doctor experiments with hormone and shock therapies at her asylum for the insane.

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Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast Feb 27, 2025
2/5
An audacious "sequel" to the classic German film, Dr. Caligari has plenty of wild visuals and dedicated performances. It's the run time that proves the problem: this would have worked much better as a visually provocative short than an actual feature Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 21, 2005
2/5
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Teddy B @RT38636458 Dec 10, 2024 Weird, weird, weird, but so inventive and entertaining you cannot look away. The film arrests you in its John Waters/Shock Treatment-esque atmosphere and psycho-sexual elements. See more
Nov 16, 2021 "Chinchilla chinchilla chinchilla." A man concerned about his hysterically horny wife introduces her to eminent psychiatrist (and granddaughter to the famous physician who treated somnambulism in inter-War Germany), Dr. Caligari. The titular character applies her therapy to the slutwife, so confident in her unconventional methods which are more akin to some sort of gender-bender S&M than anything you'd find in Psychology Today. This erotic horror-comedy may have a plot as ridiculous as its Teutonic progenitor, but it's truly a disservice to the antecedent by using its name in any form for this pretentious trash. The only connection betwern the films is that a portion of each takes place in an insane asylum and the odd angles of the set-design; the two should not even be mentioned in the same sentence. Who wants to buy my VHS?! $50. Firm. See more
Jul 12, 2019 Hilarious tounge in cheek take on Cabinet of Dr Caligari. An unofficial "Adult" artsy '80s New Wave sequal to the Silent German Expressionist Horror film. Stephen Sayadian, Director of Cafe Flesh brings paranoid Psychoanalytic theory & Sci-fi futurism & critical camp with a script by writer Jerry Stahl See more
Oct 7, 2013 The scene where she makes out with the flesh wall is classic. See more
May 29, 2013 Madness. In an insane asylum. Run bu the sexy/wicked/genius/mad granddaughter of famous Dr. Caligari. Neurological experiments ensue. See more
Aug 28, 2012 one strange yet compelling movie--Mondo Bizzaro!! See more
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Synopsis The granddaughter (Madeleine Reynal) of an infamous doctor experiments with hormone and shock therapies at her asylum for the insane.
Director
Stephen Sayadian
Producer
Joseph F. Robertson
Screenwriter
Stephen Sayadian, Jerry Stahl
Production Co
Steiner Films
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 18m
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