Dr. Caligari

About Dr. Caligari

Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr.

Dr. Caligari is a 1989 comedy fantasy film directed by Stephen Sayadian. Its themes are psychotronic, asylum, suburbia, and avant garde.

Madeleine Reynal stars as Dr. Caligari, Fox Harris as Dr. Avol, Laura Albert as Mrs. Van Houten, and Jennifer Balgobin as Ramona Lodger. It runs 78 minutes and was released in December 1989.

The screenplay is by Jerry Stahl and Stephen Sayadian.

The Shining, Donnie Darko, and Sucker Punch make useful companions to Dr. Caligari, all filed under surrealism. TMDB voters put it at 5.8 out of 10 across 69 votes and it carries a R rating.