On this day in Horror History, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari made it’s theatrical debut. Widely considered to be the first horror film regardless of the few elementally similar of the silent film era that preceded it, it is undoubtedly the advent to most all horror films for the stylized and dramatic aura of the sinister that has made it a staple in movie history. Most every media has derived some form of inspiration from the film that was originally scoffed at. Yet it would inevitably play for 7 years straight in Germany. Into today, film-makers, musicians, and artists abound find themselves compelled by the paper props and set design, painted shadows and what was the first film to ever utilize a surprise ending.
“You fools, this man is plotting our doom! We die at dawn! He is Caligari!” -Francis
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