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My Wikipedia time is limited at the moment, but I'm still around.
- ... that slime monsters (example pictured) have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?
- ... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
- ... that What a Merry-Go-Round closed with evil clowns cavorting around a carousel?
- ... that the ghost of Margaret C. Waites is said to haunt an undergraduate suite at Harvard College's Cabot House, protecting her book collection?
- ... that trunk-or-treating was created as a safer alternative to regular trick-or-treating?
- ... that Vincent Darré had a Parisian apartment decorated with skulls?
- ... that the song "Haunted" "blends cuteness and spookiness"?
- ... that the Australian spider Progradungula barringtonensis has been called a "ghost of Gondwana"?
- ... that Brian David Gilbert released a series of monster-themed ABBA covers under the name AAAH!BBA?
- ... that the zombie film Get the Hell Out was shot at the currently abandoned Kaohsiung City Council Hall, which had neither water nor electricity?
- ... that the Devil's Doorway is found in Wisconsin?
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a German silent horror film, first released in 1920. Directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, it is considered to be the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, and tells the story of an insane hypnotist (Werner Krauss) who uses a somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) to commit murders. The film features a dark and twisted visual style. The sets have sharp-pointed forms, oblique and curving lines, and structures that lean and twist in unusual angles. The film's design team, Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann and Walter Röhrig, recommended a fantastic, graphic style over a naturalistic one. With a violent and insane authority figure as its antagonist, the film expresses the theme of brutal and irrational authority. Considered a classic, it helped draw worldwide attention to the artistic merit of German cinema and had a major influence on American films, particularly in the genres of horror and film noir.Film credit: Robert Wiene
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