Up next: the annual Halloween marathon kicks in with five screenings over six days in three states

Tully Marshall receives a hand (or two, actually) in a scene from 'The Cat and the Canary' (1927).Here a Nosferatu, there a Frankenstein...With five upcoming spooky silent film shows in six days, it must be getting close to Halloween!The schedule has me accompanying 'Nosferatu' on Wednesday, Oct. 14 in Natick, Mass.; the early talkie 'Frankenstein' (1931) in Somerville, Mass., and no less than three screenings of 'The Cat and the Canary (1927)—one in Vermont, one in Massachusetts, and one in Maine.Good thing New England states are small!It's an intense pace, but it'll only get more so as we approach Oct. 31. Halloween tends to be the busiest season for silent film screenings, and this year is no exception.Consider:t his next upcoming stretch is followed by a string of 10 screenings in 11 days, from Wednesday, Oct. 21 through Saturday, Oct. 31. Let's see—it's three 'Nosferatu' screenings, two more of 'Cat and the Canary,' and a passle of one-offs ranging from 'The Hunchback of Notre…