BY any stretch of the imagination, Dracula – or Nosferatu – is the most famous horror story of all. Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic novel has spawned films, plays, ballets, puppet shows … even pantomimes. Now it is back on screen, coming to Dorchester Corn Exchange on Wednesday 15th October, in the FW Murnau silent film version with a new score by Radiohead.

One of the greatest silent movies of all time, Murnau’s 1922 masterpiece, Nosferatu, is famous for its combination of expressionistic acting and unforgettable images – it is as powerful and unsettling today as when it first thrilled cinema-goers more than a century ago.

It has now been re-released with a new score by Chris Green for this latest adaptation, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors, which will be screened in independent cinemas and arts centres.

The score was commissioned by English Heritage for an outdoor screening of the film at Dracula’s spiritual home of Whitby Abbey. The music is a haunting blend of electronic and acoustic instruments performed live by the composer. Combined with FW Murnau’s iconic images, it makes for a genuinely remarkable and unique cinematic experience.

Chris Green began playing guitar at the age of eight and piano from the age of nine, and plays most things with fretted strings or keys. Largely self-taught, he has worked in a variety of musical genres including folk, theatre and early music. He is a regular musician at Shakespeare’s Globe and was one of the musicians on BBC’s Poldark, appearing in series 1 and 2.

As a composer, he adapted The Wind in the Willows (2017) for GreenMatthews as well as A Christmas Carol: In Concert (2018.0333). His 2018 first solo album, Switched-On Playford, fuses 17th-century dance music with electronica, using a blend of early instruments, synths and loops. It was described by fRoots as “bloody brilliant … an exquisitely-rendered and endlessly satisfying piece of work.”