A SILENT FILM THAT STILL HAUNTS, WITH A 99-YEAR-OLD ORGAN

The Weinberg Center’s decision to screen F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu on Oct. 31 is less about Halloween programming and more about preserving an art form that predates the talkies. With live organ accompaniment by Tedde Gibson, the 1922 German expressionist masterpiece reminds us that horror doesn’t need jump scares or CGI — just shadows, Max Schreck’s gaunt Count Orlok, and the atmospheric swell of a Mighty Wurlitzer. The organ itself rises from the orchestra pit like something out of a gothic novel, having filled the historic downtown theater with music for nearly a century. Gibson will perform a musical set before the film, then introduce this tale of estate agent Hutter’s ill-fated journey to Transylvania and his wife Ellen’s event

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