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The Phantom of the Opera
Horror, Romance
An aspiring opera singer finds herself transported back to Victorian-era London -- and into the arms of a reclusive, disfigured maestro determined to make her a star.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy gothic romance with theatrical melodrama, lurid horror, and knowingly low-budget extravagance.
- Tone
- eerie, romantic, campy
- Payoff
- scares, swoon
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- obsession, artistic ambition, beauty and monstrosity, captivity
- Setting
- Victorian era, grand opera house and subterranean chambers