Halloween silents

It’s Halloween – Has Anyone Seen “The Bat”?

by Ben Model
October 23, 2022October 23, 2022

Every Halloween season, silent film accompanists and church organists find themselves on the bench supporting silent film’s usual suspects: Erik the Phantom, Quasimodo, Drs. Jekyll and Caligari, and Count Orlok. Most of these are more gothic or macabre than what… Read More »It’s Halloween – Has Anyone Seen “The Bat”?

A Classic Horror Film Without a Monster to Sell It

by Ben Model
November 5, 2018October 6, 2021

Rotating bookcases, a Creeping Hands, Disappearing Bodies, a Madman on the Loose, Suspicious Family Members After the Family Jewels — All in a Spooky Old Mansion There’s no iconic monster in the title of Paul Leni’s The Cat and the… Read More »A Classic Horror Film Without a Monster to Sell It