Full specs for Mondo Macabro's upcoming UHD / Blu release of Stephen Sayadian's DR CALIGARI (1989)!

Our debut UHD release, the long-awaited 4K restoration of Stephen Sayadian's deranged cult classic DR CALIGARI!

As sexually deranged as it is stylistically unhinged, this psychedelic surrealist neo-noir reworking of the 1920 German expressionist classic features Laura Albert as Mrs Van Houten, a woman whose libido is dangerously out of control. There’s only one place for her: the Caligari Insane Asylum.

Madeleine Reynal plays Dr Caligari, the granddaughter of the original Doctor, whose own experiments in psychosexual therapy have led her to the brink of a radical treatment involving hormonal exchange. Having drugged and imprisoned Mrs Van Houten’s sexually repressed husband, Caligari sets out to extract the brain fluid of an incurably nymphomaniac Mrs Van Houten and inject it into the head of a cannibalistic serial killer (John Durbin) addicted to electroconvulsive therapy. What could possibly go wrong?

With eye-popping set design from Stephen Sayadian (Night Dreams, Café Flesh), a luscious synth score courtesy of Mitchell Froom, not to mention acid-tongued dialogue written by Jerry Stahl (Permanent Midnight), Dr Caligari drops a dirty bomb on Reagan era family values. Mining high art in bad taste, it parodies both mass media and pop culture through a roll call of staged citations and quotations as exquisitely framed as they are sexually charged.

DISC ONE FEATURES – UHD
* 4K presentation of a brand new restoration from the original camera negative
* Two aspect ratio choices – 4:3 or 1.85:1 theatrical version
* Theatrical Trailer
* Isolated music and effects track

DISC TWO FEATURES – Blu-ray
* 1080p presentation of the 4K restoration
* 1.85:1 theatrical version
* Audio commentary with writer/director Stephen Sayadian.
* Interview with Stephen Sayadian.
* Interview with Madeleine Reynal (Dr Caligari).
* Interview with Laura Albert
* Interview with Jerry Stahl (co-writer).
* Original theatrical trailer.
* Isolated Music and Effects track

LIMITED EDITION FEATURES
* “Going on a Radiation Vacation: Stephen Sayadian’s Dr. Caligari” Booklet by Sayadian biographer Heather Drain
* Exclusive slipcover
* Limited to 2000 numbered copies

Goes on sale this upcoming Monday, October 31st at 9 AM Pacific (google what time that is where you live), only at mondomacabro.bigcartel.com!

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