Dr. Caligari

Dr. Caligari (1989)

the MAD doctor is in.

Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten has a disease of the libido.

Date of release
1989-12-01
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (69)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy
Director
Stephen Sayadian

Casting

Interesting facts

Dr. Caligari is a 1989 American avant-garde horror erotic film co-written and directed by Stephen Sayadian and starring Madeleine Reynal, Laura Albert, Gene Zerna, David Parry, Fox Harris and Jennifer Balgobin. It is a quasi-sequel to the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The film details a disturbed doctor and her illegal experiments on her patients.

Production

Producer Gerald Steiner approached Stephen Sayadian about doing a modern update of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as the film was in the public domain and Steiner thought the unusual camera angles Sayadian utilized in his film Nursery Crimes would make Sayadian an ideal choice for director.

Sayadian shot the film during the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike using only interiors and due to the strike the production was able to use many production resources around the Los Angeles area that otherwise wouldn't have been available due to the work stoppage caused by the strike.

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