The 'spooky silent film steeplechase' continues as Halloween creeps ever closer... with 'Nosferatu' (1922) on Thursday, Oct. 22 at Flying Monkey

Hold for close-up: I'll accompany 'Nosferatu' (1922) on Thursday, Oct. 22 in Plymouth, N.H.Last week I got the nicest post-show comment I've received in awhile.On Thursday, Oct. 15, after accompanying a screening of 'The Cat and the Canary' (1927) at the Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, Maine, a woman unknown to me came down to visit me in the area below the stage.(She really did have to come down, as the Leavitt's century-old wooden floor is seriously slanted.)This woman said she enjoyed the show. I responded with my usual self-effacing remark about how it's my therapy.She scoffed, disbelieving, and then said this: "Ha! I could hear the joy in your playing."Wow! After 20 years of accompanying silent films in more than 1,000 screenings, joy is still detectable in the music I do!If a comment like that doesn't make this all worthwhile, then I don't know what would. Well, it's a good thing there's some joy left in my playing. A lot of music looms in my near future, as this year's…