This Halloween, experience the eerie silent-era masterpiece Nosferatu with live music in Orlando

Casting a long and terrifying shadow over the genre, German silent film master F. W. Murnau's uncredited appropriation of Bram Stoker's “Dracula” set the standard for all vampire flicks to come.

This Halloween, experience the eerie silent-era masterpiece that remains one of the most influential horror films ever made.

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror takes place in the stunning surroundings of Steinmetz Hall on Halloowwen night, Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 7 pm.

The 1922 silent classic Nosferatu rises from the screen with Grammy-nominated organist/composer Cameron Carpenter performing his own original score live.

Known for his rockstar flair and electrifying stage presence, Cameron is the first organist to be nominated for a Grammy Award for a solo album. He also holds the 2012 Leonard Bernstein Award, and in 2014, launched his International Touring Organ (ITO)—a first-of-its kind digital organ built to his own design.

His acclaimed ciné-concerts have thrilled audiences from New York to Berlin, turning silent films into immersive theatrical experiences. An “extravagantly talented” composer/performer, “everything [Carpenter] touches turns fantastical and memorable” (New York Times).

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife (Greta Schröder) of his estate agent(Gustav von Wangenheim) and brings the plague to their town.

Nosferatu was produced by Prana Film and is an unofficial and unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. Various names and other details were changed from the novel, including Count Dracula being renamed Count Orlok.

Even with several details altered, Stoker's widow, Florence, sued over the adaptation's copyright violation, and a court ruling ordered all copies of the film to be destroyed. However, several prints of Nosferatu survived, and the film came to be regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema and the horror genre.

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