Halloween 2026 – A Silent Film & Live Music Experience

This Halloween, silent cinema comes alive at the Marigny Opera House.

Celebrate Halloween at the Marigny Opera House with an eerie night of silent film and live music.

Two haunting works of early cinema, The Tell-Tale Heart (1928) and Les Vampires: “Irma Vep” (1915), come to life with an original score by Jeff Pagano, performed live by string quartet and electronics.

Psychological terror, seductive crime, and surreal imagery collide in a one-night-only Halloween experience inside one of New Orleans’ most atmospheric spaces. DOORS OPEN: 7:00PM

Films

THE TELL-TALE HEART 1928 , Directed by Charles Klein
~ In this avant-garde and eerie silent short, based on an Edgar Allan Poe tale, a guilt-ridden murderer is haunted by the inescapable sound of his victim’s beating heart.

LES VAMPIRES 1915 (Episode 3, ‘IRMA VEP’) Directed by Louis Feuillade, starring Musidora
~ In this silent short, Irma Vep, the seductive and ruthless femme fatale of Les Vampires, unleashes a daring crime as journalist Philippe Guérande closes in on the gang’s mysterious and elusive underworld.

Two visions of silent cinema—psychological terror and surreal crime—collide in a haunting Halloween experience where madness lurks in the shadows and nothing is quite as it seems.

Original Score

Music by Jeff Pagano
Written for String Quartet and Electronics

Performed live by

Kate Walter — Violin I
Elizabeth Crute Cunha — Violin II
Sixto Franco — Viola
Jake Fowler — Cello
B. Danos — Electronics
Jeff Pagano — Electronics