PEM Presents: Nosferatu with Live Orchestra
Date & Time
Sat Oct 24 2026 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA
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Details
Saturday, October 24, 2026 from 1—3 pmLocation: Morse Auditorium
$30 members and Salem residents; $40 nonmembers
Preregistration required. TICKETS COMING SOON!
1 pm and 7 pm screenings.
Join us at 4 pm for a talkback with the musicians.
This program includes moderately loud live music.
Sink your fangs into Halloween with Arpeggione Ensemble’s live performance of the score for Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. In the 1920s, silent films weren’t silent: They were accompanied by a live piano player, organist or full orchestra. Experience this classic 1922 horror movie with Arpeggione performing on historical instruments from the early 20th century, including harmonium, flute, clarinet and strings.
From the eerily corpse-like appearance of Max Schreck as Count Orlok to climactic shot of a shadow on a staircase, Nosferatu set the standard for modern horror movies and created the vampire movie as we know it. As the earliest film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Nosferatu is the source of several of the most enduring aspects of modern-day vampire lore.
Fans of horror, music enthusiasts, vintage aficionados… enter if you dare to see and hear Nosferatu as it would have sounded when it was first screened!
Join us between the 1 pm and 7 pm screenings for a talk with the performers about the cultural impact, artistic innovations and enduring legacy of Nosferatu.
Event Location
Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St,Salem, Massachusetts, United States
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Event Host
Peabody Essex Museum
