NOSFERATU and THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI

Double Feature, one price for bothNOSFERATU 2pmTHE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI 3:20pmOriginal music scores by NASH THE SLASH NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR (1922) is the legendary silent vampire film that set the standard for horror cinema. Directed by F.W. Murnau and loosely based on Bram Stokers Dracula, the story follows the eerie Count Orlok as he spreads death and dread in a seaside town. Featuring haunting visuals, stark shadows, and Max Schrecks unforgettable performance, Nosferatu is the purest distillation of German Expressionism and one of the most influential horror films ever made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPOtj74BrL8THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI is a 1920 German silent horror film, directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypnotist (Werner Krauss) who uses a somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) to commit murders. The film features a dark and twisted visual style, with sharp-pointed forms, oblique and curving lines, structures and landscapes that lean and twist in unusual angles, and shadows and streaks of light painted directly onto the sets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAtpxqajFak NASH THE SLASH composed the musical scores for these and several other classic silent films and would perform them live at each screening. He was a legendary Canadian multi-instrumentalist adept at electric violin and mandolin.