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13. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Poster Art (1920)
The art surrounding The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari helped establish one of the most important visual languages in horror cinema.
Sharp angles.
Distorted architecture.
Expressionistic imagery.
Nightmare-like typography.
Everything looks slightly wrong.
That's the point.
German Expressionism demonstrated that the visual design of a horror movie could become part of the horror itself.
The world doesn't merely contain the monster.
The world becomes the monster.
