2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
15. GOES WITHOUT SAYING: Feast your eyes on something with little to no dialogue at all. Directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, this is the perfect expression of German Expressionism. Janowitz and Mayer, both pacifists who despised authority after their military experiences during World War I, created something amazing […]
TROMA BLU RAY RELEASE: Eating Miss Campbell (2022)
Every time Beth (Lyndsey Craine) dies — at her own hand — she wakes up in another horror movie. This time, it’s a cannibal romantic comedy. And that idea, that Beth wants to die but might learn something from each new film, is a great one. It doesn’t come back into this film at all, […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 19: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
John Barrymore, who plays both Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde in this movie, was such a gifted physical actor that the initial part of his transformation has no makeup. It’s him contorting his body and appearance all on his own. This adaption of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert […]
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)
Genuine, die Tragödie eines seltsamen Hauses (Genuine, the Tragedy of a Strange House) was Robert Wiene’s follow-up to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, with writer Carl Mayer, cinematographer Willy Hameister and production designer Cesar Klein returned to work on this vampiric film. Genuine is not a true vampire, but instead a succubus that drains the […]
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