F.W. Murnau's silent horror masterpiece "Nosferatu," featuring the ubercreepy Max Schreck, gets a live soundtrack in the form of organist John McCreary at Hawai'i Theatre's screening at 7 tonight. "Nosferatu" was released in 1922, the same year the Hawai'i Theatre was built. The adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" makes the Gary Oldman version look like a case of bad makeup. Tickets: $8, plus a $2 theater restoration fee. Discounts are available for seniors 62 and older, youths 17 and younger, students and military with valid IDs. Information: 528-0506.

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TALES FROM THE CRYPT!

The original EC Comics series Tales From the Crypt — born in 1950 and murdered in 1955 amid cries that its stories were too frightening — sparked a controversial Congressional investigation, a popular HBO TV series, and a brace of movies. Now, for the first time in more than 50 years, it's back with all-new stories and art. Publisher Papercutz is better known for Nancy Drew graphic novels and Classics Illustrated comics. But, "everyone loves scary stories, especially kids, and the Tales From the Crypt style of dark humor with shock endings truly appeals to all ages, not unlike Harry Potter or Buffy the Vampire Slayer," says editor Jim Salicrup.

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FINAL WORD

"Writers observe, and I suddenly became observed for a long stretch of time and aware of myself in a way that I've never been before. ... I wanted to be that bird back in the tree looking down on the world. As opposed to the bird on the street getting run over by a truck."

Alice Sebold | author of "The Lovely Bones" (now being made into a film directed by Peter Jackson) and the new, macabre "The Almost Moon," in Entertainment Weekly