94 Days to Halloween
Over the next 100 days, I will present one movie of significances in horror, suspense or thrillers for each year from 1919 to 2018. The sixth film presented here is the 1925 American silent horror classic The Phantom of the Opera directed by Rupert Julian and based on Gaston Leroux's novel Le Fantome de I'Opera.
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Dir- Rupert Julian
After 90 years no one has yet to match the unforgettable presence of Lon Chaney as the disfigured skull-faced Erik, who courts a lovely young singer in the Paris Opera House behind a faceless mask. A sad tale of a man who is driven into madness and becomes a monster due to rejection and hatred from those around him. Chaney's presence is unforgettable in such scenes as his appearance as Poe's Mask of the Red Death during the masked ball, the abduction scene through the catacombs of the opera house and the famous unmasking which even today packs a shocking blow. Phantom is remembered as a classic horror and tragedy, and Chaney's portrayal would establish an archetype that has yet to be matched even by the romantic musical version of The Phantom
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