The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with Livescore from Sleepbomb

Since 2003, Sleepbomb has performed exciting original music for films, bringing doom, electronics and psychedelic scores to famous titles. In October 2023, the band will release their first full-length score to 1920’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari while on tour across the Pacific Northwest.

Arguably the first true horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari set a brilliantly high bar for the genre—and remains terrifying nearly a century after it first stalked the screen.

At a carnival in Germany, Francis (Friedrich Feher) and his friend Alan (Rudolf Lettinger) encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss). The men see Caligari showing off his somnambulist, Cesare (Conrad Veidt), a hypnotized man who the doctor claims can see into the future. Shockingly, Cesare then predicts Alan’s death, and by morning his chilling prophecy has come true — making Cesare the prime suspect. However, is Cesare guilty, or is the doctor controlling him?

Doors at 7:00 PM; show at 8:00 PM