The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2006)
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43% of critics liked it
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Bay Area digital-effects wizard David Lee Fisher offers an enticing visual remix of the 1920 German expressionist classic with this innovative updating that places contemporary performers against scanned backdrops of the original and offers a detailed new script to create an exciting new vision. As… More Bay Area digital-effects wizard David Lee Fisher offers an enticing visual remix of the 1920 German expressionist classic with this innovative updating that places contemporary performers against scanned backdrops of the original and offers a detailed new script to create an exciting new vision. As the annual fair descends upon the sleepy burg of Holstenwall, Germany, Francis and his best friend Alan are unwittingly enticed into attending an exhibition by malevolent hypnotist Dr. Caligari that will have a sinister, life-changing effect on the pair. When the dreadful doctor awakens psychic sleepwalker Cesare (Hellboy's Doug Jones) from his profound slumber to predict Alan's future, the resulting prophecy is endlessly more terrifying than the frightened friends could have ever imagined. In the days that follow, the citizens of Holstenwell fall prey to a grisly series of unsolved murders that prompts Francis to launch a thorough investigation. With the killer fast closing in on Francis' unsuspecting fiancée Jane, the brave husband-to-be must uncover the secret of Dr. Caligari's strange powers before his one and only love suffers a particularly grim fate. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Lee Fisher
- Written By
- David Lee Fisher & Hans Janowitz
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 25, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Image Entertainment Inc.
Critic Reviews
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Joe Leydon, Variety
An undeniably clever commingling of a new cast (and spoken dialogue) with a silent classic. But pic fails to engage consistently on its own terms, and begins to coast on novelty value around the midway point.
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Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
In his semi-remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the director David Lee Fisher has accomplished something rather startling: he has out-disoriented the original.
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R. Emmet Sweeney, Village Voice
Although technically impressive, the remake is dramatically inert, as the set becomes a motionless backdrop to theatrical line readings instead of a pulsing manifestation of diseased minds.
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David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
It's the movie equivalent of bad fan fiction, really.
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Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Interesting only for about as long as it takes to realize that Fisher has honored Weine's expressionist aesthetic but hasn't improved the original's creaky plotline.
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Cast
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Judson Pearce Morgan
as Francis
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Daamen J. Krall
as Dr. Caligari
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Doug Jones
as Cesare
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Lauren Birkell
as Jane
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Neil Hopkins
as Alan
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William Gregory Lee
as Joseph
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Randy Mulkey
as Inspector
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Tim Winters
as Dr. Stern
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Richard Herd
as Commissioner
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Scott Lincoln
as Criminal
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John Bigham
as Asylum Doctor
- Tim Russ
- Time Winters
