# Dr. Caligari (1989)

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**Runtime**: 78 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy
**Directed by**: Stephen Sayadian
**Written by**: Jerry Stahl, Stephen Sayadian
**Starring**: Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris, Laura Albert, Jennifer Balgobin, John Durbin, Gene Zerna

> *the MAD doctor is in.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Basement lab, winter, the hum of a warped gramophone.  
A doctor in a silk mask adjusts a dial on a writhing, leather-bound machine shaped like a spine.  
Less Cronenberg, more boudoir grotesque—bring your own leather gloves.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, playful, surreal, unhinged

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