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The Phantom of the Opera

1925

Rupert Julian

Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Snitz Edwards ...

7.3

3,908

Horror. Drama At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs, where he lives. What's his goal? What's his secret?

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] is not a great film if you are concerned with art and subtlety, depth and message (...) But in its fevered melodrama and images of cadaverous romance, it finds a kind of show-biz majesty (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"Critics rank this 1925 feature by Rupert Julian well below 'Nosferatu' and 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari', but Lon Chaney’s performance (...) is still a cornerstone of gothic horror"	POS
United States	Mordaunt Hall The New York Times	"The idea is an excellent one, but the changes in the picture, and re-cutting it, have made some of the scenes abrupt."	NEU
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"The fast-moving film is an eerie mixture of poetry, gothic melodrama and a surreal Feuillade-style serial"	POS
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"If you're in the mood for a vintage slice of horror, 'The Phantom of the Opera' is a great movie to explore."	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"[The film] doesn't always measure up to Chaney's work, as dizzying action competes with long, dull stretches of exposition dominated by far less charismatic actors."	NEU
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"[It] was never a brilliant movie, but it remains great, ghoulish fun"	POS

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