There will be an encore screening of Nosferatu at Red River Theatres on Friday, Nov. 14.
So if you missed out on the sold out Halloween showing, you have another chance to get frightened.
Nosferatu (1922), the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, will be screened at 7 p.m. at Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main St.
The film will include live music performed by New Hampshire-based silent film accompanist Jeff Rapsis. Admission is $10 per person.
“Last month’s screening of Nosferatu proved popular enough to sell out,” said Shelly Hudson, Red River’s executive director. “So we scheduled this encore screening to provide another chance to see this great film presented with live music.”
Directed by German filmmaker F.W. Murnau, Nosferatu remains a landmark work of the cinematic horror genre. It was among the first movies to use visual design to contribute to an overall sense of terror. To modern viewers, the passage of time has made this unusual film seem even more strange and otherworldly. It’s an atmosphere that Rapsis will try to enhance in improvising live music on the spot for the screening.
“The original Nosferatu is a film that seems to get creepier as more time goes by,” said Rapsis.
In Nosferatu, German actor Max Schreck portrays the title character, a mysterious count from Transylvania who travels to the German city of Bremen to take up residence. A rise in deaths from the plague is attributed to the count’s arrival. Only when a young woman reads The Book of Vampires does it become clear how to rid the town of this frightening menace.
Murnau told the story with strange camera angles, weird lighting, and special effects that include sequences deliberately speeded up.
Although Nosferatu is suitable for all family members, the overall program may be too much for very young children to enjoy.
