The dilapidated Paris Opera House holds an auction. Emmy Rossum as Christine was nothing short of inspired casting as she nailed the character perfectly.The scene opens in black and white in the year 1919. In the title role, Gerard Butler may be too good looking to be a traditional Phantom, but it fits perfectly with this vision even if his singing leaves something to be desired. When Christine’s old flame returns to her life, the Phantom becomes insanely jealous and possessive. She discovers this “angel” is actually the ominous Phantom. Faithfully adapting Webber’s show, Christine Daae is a young performer secretly tutored by her “Angel of Music”. Every single penny of this film’s $80 million budget is put to work in this grand visual spectacle. It was only a matter of time before Hollywood came calling, and in 2004 the show finally hit the big screen. It quickly became one of the most successful and longest-running stage productions in history.

This version of Phantom does hold an interesting twist, where the Phantom is largely an innocent misfit as it is an evil dwarf committing the murders he is blamed for.Īndrew Lloyd Webber’s the Phantom of the Opera (2004): In 1986 Broadway producer Andrew Lloyd Webber turned The Phantom of the Opera into a grand romantic musical. But Petrie is not only alive, but he is the Phantom who supposedly haunts the opera house and he is willing to be as strict as he can to have Christine prepared to sing his music. As she avoids his advances, the show’s producer learns that the original author was a Professor Petrie who was burned and supposedly killed at Ambrose’s hands. This puts her in the attention of the sleazy Lord Ambrose. When the London Opera House needs a new lead, the chorus girl Christine Charles is chosen.

It helps that the mask he wore was incredibly eerie and the make-up beneath it was some of the best Phantom make-up ever. While none of the Hammer regulars like Christoper Lee or Oliver Reed donned the mask, character actor Herbert Lom does a solid job in the lead role.

Phantom of the Opera (1962): With Dracula, Frankenstein, ghosts, witches, a werewolf, and mummies, under their belt, the legendary Hammer Horrors was a perfect fit for the Phantom.

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