Universal Pictures silent horror, featuring Lon Chaney's iconic depiction of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House. Directed...
Universal Pictures silent horror, featuring Lon Chaney's iconic depiction of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House. Directed by Rupert Julian (who was New Zealand's first film actor and director), but recut by the studio before release.
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"Kerry is a colorless hero, Philbin contents herself with being pretty and becoming terrorized at the Phantom, and Chaney is either behind a mask or grimacing through his fiendish makeup."
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Variety
Variety"It succeeds in spite of itself and it's all thanks to Chaney. The man of a thousand faces imbues this character with bravado and menace."
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Total Film
Total Film"An ultra fantastic melodrama, an ambitious production in which there is much to marvel at in the scenic effects."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"An eerie mixture of poetry, gothic melodrama and a surreal Feuillade-style serial."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"It has two elements of genius: It creates beneath the opera one of the most grotesque places in the cinema, and Chaney's performance transforms an absurd character into a haunting one."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Chaney's magnetism and the overall impact of the suspense and reveal is still impressive."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe Phantom of the Opera (1925) | Details
- Runtime
- 93
- Genre
- Horror
- Country of origin
- USA
