The Cabinet Of Caligari (1962)

When a young woman's (Glynis Johns) car breaks down, she makes her way to a large mansion and asks to use the phone to get assistance. Instead, she soon finds herself in a bizarre situation where she is held as a "guest" against her will by her host (Dan O'Herlihy). The household also has other guests whose behavior is odd. Directed by Roger Day, the film has only a nominal connection to the classic 1920 silent classic THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI. The screenplay is by Robert Bloch, the author of PSYCHO and coincidentally, the B&W CinemaScope lensing is by John L. Russell, who shot Hitchcock's PSYCHO. The film's psychoanalytical observations and medical treatments are somewhat dubious by contemporary standards. But the film has some rather bold moments for a 1962 movie involving impotency and incest. But in the end, it plays out like an extended episode of the TWILIGHT ZONE that goes on about 20 minutes too long. Interesting but not entirely successful. With Constance Ford, Richard Davalos, Estelle Winwood, Lawrence Dobkin, Vicki Trickett, J. Pat O'Malley and Doreen Lang.