SPOOKY SILENCE
Roxy Theatre bringing back the silent film vampire classic Nosferatu
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ith pointy ears, jagged teeth and a pale, bald head, the vampire Nosferatu is a timeless movie icon. The 1922 silent film has proven as immortal as its main character, and is the latest presentation by the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra’s Silence is Golden event at the Roxy Theatre.
The orchestra, accompanied by pianist Rick Friend, will provide a unique score for the silent classic starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok (Dracula).
Guests are encouraged to dress for the occasion — cape, claws, fangs.
Since the event is just in time for Halloween, The StarPhoenix asked five key people involved in the event, “What’s your favourite scary movie?”
Brian Unverricht, Silence is Golden conductor Dracula: Prince of Darkness: I watched this at a drive-in theatre in the 1960s. By the time the movie was over, I was scared to look around or get out of the car, in fear that the vampires had somehow found their way to my small Saskatchewan town.
Rick Friend, silent movie pianist and composer The Exorcist: It was a cheap, cheesy movie, but at the time it was really scary for me.
Jordan Delorme, Roxy Theatre manager Pan’s Labyrinth: It’s the only film that has been able to genuinely frighten me in adulthood. And it’s mostly because of that cannibal guy with the eyes in his hands; I was literally on the edge of my seat.
Jill Reid, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra general manager Child’s Play: This was the first in a series and I never actually liked it, but I could not stop myself from watching it. Chucky is the cutest little guy and then those eyes open up and WHAM, you scream, run for cover, or dive bomb into the couch.
Randy Pshebylo, executive director, Riversdale Business Improvement District Don Knotts: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Scary Movie 1-5. It’s great to have the yin and yang of fear and funny, sometimes all in one scene. Also The Sixth Sense. Brilliantly written by M. Night Shyamalan about the fear of things we can’t see.