Caligari, who diagnoses her with a “disease of the libido”. Van Houten, a woman who seems to be losing touch with reality, and her treatment under Dr. As the film’s title might suggest, the film is a loose remake of the German Expressionist classic, following Mrs. CALIGARI embraces the avant-garde in its exquisite and hilarious exploitation of America’s repressed libido. Bizarre, stunning, goofy and unsettling, DR. For the first time since its release, thanks to a new restoration, it will finally find its audience, and retroactively be appreciated as the underground masterpiece that it is. In 1989, Stephen Sayadian, aka Rinse Dream, released one of the most iconic and fantastical works in American exploitation cinema. CALIGARI” (1989) debuts at Fantasia International Film Festival A new 4K restoration of Rinse Dream’s “DR.
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