THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI with Live Music by The Invincible Czars October 25th at Webster University

“You fools, this man is plotting our doom! We die at dawn! He is Caligari!”

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI will screen at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood) Thursday October 25th  at 7:30pm. Austin, Texas’ most adventurous band, The Invincible Czars, will provide live music.The band encourages fans and attendees to dress for the Halloween season at these shows. Tickets are $12. A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

Considered by some to be the first horror film, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI is thought by many film buffs to be the most influential of all silent films. With the Grandfather of all Twist-Endings, the film is the most brilliant example of that dark and twisted film movement known as German Expressionism, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI is a plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world. Director Robert Wiene and a team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world a demented doctor (Werner Kruass) and a carnival sleepwalker (Conrad Veidt) perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community.

Trivia: Tim Burton’s 1990 film EDWARD SCISSORHANDS used the aesthetics of THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI in creating the look for the main character of Edward Scissorhands