Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nepo ongororo dzapakuvamba dzakanga dzakaparadzana zvikuru, vatsoropodzi vemafirimu vemazuva ano uye vanyori venhau dzakaitika kare vakarumbidza zvikuru "Caligari" sefirimu rinoshandura zvinhu. Muongorori wefirimu Roger Ebert akaidana kuti "firimu rekutanga rinotyisa", uye mutsoropodzi Danny Peary akaidana kuti firimu rekutanga rekunamatira uye mutangiri wemafirimu earthouse. Muna October 1958, "Caligari" yakarongwa sefirimu rechigumi nembiri rakanakisisa renguva dzose mukati meongororo yakarongwa paBrussels World's Fair
. Nemhinduro dzinobva kuvatsoropodzi 117 vemafirimu, vagadziri vemafirimu uye vezvakaitika kare vanobva munyika yose, yakanga iri nzvero yokutanga yenyika yose yemafirimu munhau. Munyori wenhau dzemafirimu wokuAmerica Lewis Jacobs akati "mafirimu ayo airatidzwa nenzira yakanyatsorongwa, airatidzwa achiita kuti munhu afunge, asina tsanangudzo, uye airatidzwa zvisina kururama akanga ari matsva munyika yemafirimu". Munyori wenhau dzemafirimu uye mutsoropodzi Paul Rotha akanyora nezvazvo, "Kokutanga munhoroondo yemabhaisikopo, director akashanda "kuburikidza" nekamera uye akaputsa nehunhu pachiratidziri; kuti bhaisikopo rinogona kushanda zvinoshamisa kana risiri rekutora mifananidzo uye pakupedzisira, rakakosha kwazvo, kuti pfungwa dzevateereri dzakaunzwa mukutamba nepfungwa". Saizvozvowo, Arthur Knight akanyora mu"Rogue": "Kupfuura mamwe mafirimu ose, ("Caligari") akanyengetedza vanyori, vatsoropodzi uye vateereri kuti firimu raiva nzira yokutaura nayo". "Entertainment Weekly" yakabatanidza "Caligari" mu1994 yavo "Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made", ichidana kuti "firimu risingatauri" uye ichiti, "Hapana rimwe firimu rinotungamira rakambouya nechinhu chepakutanga chekuona kuora mwoyo".