The Phantom of the Opera (1998)

Original title

Il fantasma dell'Opera

Directed by

Dario Argento

Genre

drama film, horror film, slasher film, romance film, thriller film, romantic horror film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 197 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disfigured composer who lives beneath the Paris Opera House falls in love with a young soprano. He becomes obsessed with her, using his secret influence to make her a star while threatening anyone who gets in his way.

darkmelodramaticgothictensevisually stylizeddreamlikeunsettlingromantic

What happens

The Phantom of the Opera (Italian: Il fantasma dell'opera) is a 1998 English-language Italian romance horror film directed by Dario Argento, adapted from the 1910 novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux. It is not to be confused with the 1987 film Opera (or Terror at the Opera), also directed by Dario Argento. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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