The screening of the 1922 German Expressionist horror film Nosferatu tonight will have live improvised ''atmospheric noises'' performed by Phil Davison on piano and his partner, Pamela Seccombe, on cello.
The 92-minute movie was based on the book Dracula.
Author Bram Stoker's widow, Florence, sued the makers for breach of copyright and it was ruled all copies be destroyed.
Mr Davison has spent nine years restoring a ''forgotten'' copy and added English intertitles to the silent film.
The audience's reaction at the screening last week changed from laughter to fear.
''At the start there are a few chuckles because the acting is over the top but then there is the first scene of the vampire in the coffin and I give a big [slams the keys of the piano] and there's a nervous chuckle ... it's a film that would give a 5-year-old nightmares - the type of images that seep into your brain.''
Mr Davison said his free solo saxophone performance The Exploding Saxophone tomorrow would include works based on simple funk and blues structures on four saxophones.
''Each saxophone provokes a different kind of music, a different kind of melody.''
