Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom" whom none can find in the mazes and catacombs. Born hideously deformed, he is a "subject of horror" for his family and as a result, he runs away as a young boy and falls in with a band of Gypsies, making his living as an attraction in freak shows, where he is known as "Le Mort Vivant" ("The Living Dead").
He is often described as "a walking skeleton", and Christine graphically describes his cold hands. Terror strikes the London Opera House as a new opera is disrupted by the actions of a deformed specter of the show's past who has an obsession with one of the production's chorus girl.
Use the HTML below. Certificate: Passed The sets (mostly recycled from the twenties version) are lavish, the music is strong and the performances are good, especially the wonderful Claude Rains ('The Invisible Man', 'Casablanca', 'Notorious') who is excellent (as always). Erik then releases Christine to be with Raoul. Anybody approaching 'Phantom Of The Opera' as a horror movie will probably be disappointed, but if you look upon it as a romantic melodrama it's pretty entertaining. Directed by (1) Writing credits (4) Cast (141) Produced by (11) Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. When Ygor brings the Monster to Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein for care, Ludwig gets the idea of replacing the Monster's current criminal brain with a normal one. Fantasy Was this review helpful to you? A disfigured violinist haunts the Paris Opera House. The deformity in the musical includes a gash on the right side of his partly balding head with exposed skull tissue, an elongated right nostril, a missing right eyebrow, swollen lips, different colored eyes, and a wrinkled, warped right cheek.
Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. 1 win & 4 nominations. A practical man is infected with a horrific disease his disciplined mind tells him cannot possibly exist. After escaping from the Shah's order of execution, Erik finds a place to live beneath a Paris Opera house that is still under construction. Carlotta is a fictional character from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera.She is the leading soprano at the Paris Opera House who is criticised by the narrator and the Phantom for the lack of emotion in her performances.. A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. Drama The rest of the cast includes songbirds Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster, the late Hume Cronyn in a bit part, and a nice cameo from Fritz Leiber (the father of the famous science fiction and fantasy writer Fritz Leiber, Jr) as Franz Liszt. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The lyrics in the Phantom's final scene in his lair have sometimes been interpreted to mean that the deformities affect his ability to engage in intercourse since having been questioned by Christine if she had been taken to become "Prey for [his] lust of flesh? Certificate: Passed With Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
When Talbot changes to the Wolf Man, the two creatures battle each other. 3 weeks later Erik dies and Christine keeps her promise, burying Erik with the ring he gave her. During his time with the tribe, Erik becomes a great illusionist, magician, and ventriloquist. Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. The Phantom (1996) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.