Looking for Halloween entertainment? Check out Frightful: A Silent Halloween on Oct. 30, at Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Avenue in Indianapolis.
The 1925 classic The Phantom of the Opera, considered one of the best horror films of the silent era, will be screened in the Grand Hall, with Mark Herman providing spooky live organ accompaniment for the feature and a comedy short. Herman, winner of the American Theatre Organ SocietyĀs Young Organist Competition, has performed in venues throughout the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Preceding the film screening, he will perform a short concert of classic scary music on the organ.
The Phantom of the Opera stars Lon Chaney as a mad, disfigured composer living in the catacombs of the Paris Opera who falls in love with a young opera singer.
For laughs, thereĀs a silent 1921 comedy short, The Haunted House, starring Buster Keaton.
A cash bar will be available, and door prizes will be given out throughout the evening. Dress in Phantom or opera singer attire to compete for a cash prize for best costume. Judging will occur after the spooky organ concert and comedy short, immediately before the feature Frightful: A Silent Halloween features special lighting effects and haunting organ accompaniment, making the Grand Hall of Indiana Landmarks Center an eerie Halloween eve destination.
Doors and cash bar open at 6:45 p.m., film screenings begin at 7:30 p.m. and the event ends at 10 p.m.
WHAT: Frightful: A Silent Halloween
WHERE: Grand Hall at Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Avenue, Indianapolis
WHEN: Halloween eve, Oct. 30; doors and cash bar open at 6:45 p.m.; movies 7:30-10 p.m.
WHO: Sponsored by Indiana Landmarks
INFO: Silent films The Phantom of the Opera and The Haunted House, with live organ accompaniment and adult beverages
COST: $12 ($10 for Indiana Landmarks members). Buy tickets online at silenthalloween2015.eventbrite.com, at the door, or call (317) 639-4534.
