The Phantom of the Opera
by Dwight H. Little
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Actor: Alex Hyde-White, Bill Nighy, Jill Schoelen, Robert Englund, Stephanie LawrenceDirector: Dwight H. Little
Brand: TCFHE/MGM
Producer: Deborah Del Prete
Producer: Eliezer Ben-Chorin
Producer: Gigi Pritzker
Producer: Harry Alan Towers
Writer: Duke Sandefur
Writer: Gaston Leroux
Writer: Gerry O'Hara
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Phantom of the Opera
Movie Review: The Phantom of the Opera
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember watching this movie on VHS when I was a teenager and I have always wanted to include this in my dvd collection as I consider this movie a classic. Robert Englund was terrific as well as the elaborate scenes depicting his "skin work" - quite difficult to watch even these days. I love movies set in historical periods, so that adds another positive aspect. For those who love the classic musical Phatom of the Opera (and for true movie fans), this horror movie shoud be purchased as well to provide the comparison of these two versions.
Summary of The Phantom of the Opera
In this house of music, evil strikes the final chord! Horror legend Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street) assumes the classic role of the Phantom in this shocking, nerve-jangling retelling of Gaston Leroux?'s timeless tale of music, madness and murder! An aspiring opera singer finds herself transported back to Victorian-era London ?- and into the arms of a reclusive, disfigured maestro determined to make her a star. The silver-throated Christine (Jill Schoelen) enjoys success through the arrangements of her new lover (Englund)?...until she realizes that he has been committing unspeakably grisly murders in her honor and won?'t stop until he?'s completed his masterpiece?...in blood!Trading tragic romance for Faustian malevolence, the 1989 version of The Phantom of the Opera is a surprisingly good example of '80s horror. It was dismissed as gory trash by most critics (no doubt because Kevin Yagher's gruesome makeup effects are effectively revolting), but horror buffs will be more forgiving of this lush production, which ranks well above average for horror films of its time. Set in Victorian London and shot mostly in Budapest, Hungary (for period architecture), the film reunites director Dwight Little (Halloween 4) with "Freddie Krueger" himself, Robert Englund, who had worked together on the Nightmare on Elm Street-based TV series Freddie's Nightmares. It's a good pairing, as Englund does some of his finest work as the Phantom, seen here as a horribly disfigured composer who patches his scarred and mangled face with stitched-on flesh, and makes a deal with the devil to be immortalized through his music. His muse, as always, is the lovely diva-to-be Christine, and the casting of Jill Schoelen gives the film added cachet among genre fans (who will recognize her from the 1987 cult hit The Stepfather). While bearing little resemblance to Lon Chaney's 1925 classic, this Phantom is actually more loyal to Gaston Leroux's original novel, and therefore deserves as much acknowledgement as any other version of the story. Certainly not a classic, but well worth a look. --Jeff Shannon
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