Join us online on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern for a screening of the horror classic HÄXAN (1922) aka Witchcraft Through the Ages, with LIVE MUSIC by silent film accompanist BEN MODEL.

Tickets $7.00 • http://bit.ly/haxan-live

---> Ticketholders will receive a confirmation at the time of their purchase.

---> The link to view the film and hear the LIVE score will be sent one hour prior to the show.

HÄXAN is a perennial Hallowe'en favorite, "a curious and groundbreaking mix of documentary and silent horror cinema, written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Whereas most films of the period were literary adaptations, Christensen's take was unique, basing his film upon non-fiction works, mainly the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th-century treatise on witchcraft he found in a Berlin bookshop, as well as a number of other manuals, illustrations, and treatises on witches and witch-hunting." - The Public Domain Review.

BEN MODEL is one of the nation's leading silent film accompanists and performs on both piano and theatre organ.

Ben works full-time presenting and accompanying silent films in a wide variety of venues around the USA and internationally, carrying on a tradition he learned from silent film organist Lee Erwin (1919-2000).

Over the past 30+ years, Ben has created and performed live scores for several hundred silent films, films lasting anywhere from one minute to five hours. Ben is a resident film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theatre, and performs at theatres, museums, schools, and other venues around the US and internationally.

His recorded scores can be heard on numerous DVD/Blu-Ray releases, on TCM, and on his YouTube channel. His indie DVD label Undercrank Productions has released several discs of rare/lost silent films, including films preserved by the Library of Congress.

Ben is a regular accompanist at classic film festivals around the U.S.A. and internationally, and performs at universities, museums, and historic theaters. Ben is the producer and co-founder of The Silent Clowns Film Series, now in its 21st season in NYC. Ben has composed film scores for both orchestra and concert band for accompaniment to films by Chaplin and Keaton. These scores are performed around the U.S. every year by professional and school ensembles.

Suggested rating R

Content advisory (possible spoilers) at https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/44625