1919 Review Blog
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Grade: B 10/21/2008
This movie is wildy considered the first horror movie, and it is about a man who arrives in town with a little sideshow, only to start controlling a slave via hypnosis to start killing people. It is acutally quite scary, but the silent film format is a bit hard to handle plots with twists and abstract horror. Dialogue is almost necessary to portray such devices, but if you take a look at that guy in the casket on the left, you'll see how it is effectively creepy.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: B 10/21/2008
This movie is wildy considered the first horror movie, and it is about a man who arrives in town with a little sideshow, only to start controlling a slave via hypnosis to start killing people. It is acutally quite scary, but the silent film format is a bit hard to handle plots with twists and abstract horror. Dialogue is almost necessary to portray such devices, but if you take a look at that guy in the casket on the left, you'll see how it is effectively creepy.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die