Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 37
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 4
Decades later, it still retains its ability to scare -- and Lon Chaney's performance remains one of the benchmarks of the horror genre.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 3
Decades later, it still retains its ability to scare -- and Lon Chaney's performance remains one of the benchmarks of the horror genre.
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Lon Chaney stars as Erik, the Phantom, in what is probably his most famous and certainly his most horrifying role. Produced by Universal, the film shot in 1923 and shelved for nearly two years, and was subjected to intensive studio tinkering. While many expected a disaster, the film turned out to be a rousing success. It was both the stepping off point for Chaney's run as a superstar at MGM and the prototype for the horror film cycle at Universal in the 1930s. The story concerns Erik, a
Jan 1, 1925 Wide
Oct 15, 1997
Universal Pictures
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Cast
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Lon Chaney
The Phantom -
Mary Philbin
Christine Daae -
Norman Kerry
Vicomte Raoul de Chagny -
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Ledoux the Persian -
Gibson Gowland
Simon Buquet -
Edward Martindel
Philippe de Chagny [sou... -
John St. Polis
Philippe de Chagny [sil... -
Snitz Edwards
Florine Papillon -
Virginia Pearson
Carlotta -
Olive Ann Alcorn
La Sorelli -
Alexander Bevani
Mephistopheles -
Edward Cecil
Faust -
Chester Conklin
Orderly -
Bruce Covington
Mons. Moncharmin -
Ward Crane
Count Ruboff -
Cesare Gravina
Retiring Manager -
Grace Marvin
Martha -
John Miljan
Valentine -
Bernard Siegel
Joseph Buquet -
Anton Vaverka
The Prompter -
George B. William
M. Richard manager -
Edith Yorke
Mama Valerius
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All Critics (37) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (4) | DVD (10)
A grand, pulpy potboiler of a suspense melodrama.
Though Mr. Chaney wears a more grotesque make-up than ever, the film play seems only pretty good.
Top CriticThe main inducement to watch remains Chaney's tragic, ineffably sad figure.
Top CriticKerry 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.
Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film doesn't have much going for it apart from the famous unmasking scene.
A pinnacle of the Hollywood fantastic.
If it wasn't quite the match of the fright fests that were being made over in Europe during this decade (Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), it was certainly one of the most epic American undertakings this side of D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille.
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.
Lon Chaney delivers an awesome performance in this fine adaptation of the original Gaston Leroux novel.
[A] silent classic.
Lon Chaney's magnetism and the overall impact of the suspense and reveal is still impressive.
Spectacular set pieces and grand design form an impressive backdrop for Chaney's powerful and moving performance.
This silent film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel is one of the classics in the history of the horror genre.
Lon Chaney's performance is priceless.
While many chunks of the film are indeed effective (and several downright terrifying), the overall effect is bipolar.
One of the most famous horror movies of all time, The Phantom of the Opera still manages to frighten after more than 60 years.
Audience Reviews for Phantom Of The Opera
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- The Phantom: The callers have departed.
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- The Phantom: Beneath your dancing feet are the tombs of tortured men! Thus does The Red Death rebuke your merriment!
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- Christine Daae: You. You are the Phantom!
- The Phantom: If I am the Phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I shall be saved, it will be because your love redeems me.
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- The Phantom: She is singing to bring down the chandelier!
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- The Phantom: Feast your eyes! Glut your soul on my accursed ugliness!
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