Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. 1920

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: This is more than just a textbook classic; the narrative frame creates ambiguities that hold certain elements of the story in disturbing suspension. A one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A case can be made that Caligari was the first true horror film. Read more

David Pirie, Time Out: Undoubtedly one of the most exciting and inspired horror movies ever made. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Robert Wiene has made perfect use of settings designed by Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann and Walter Roehrig, settings that squeeze and turn and adjust the eye and through the eye the mentality. Read more