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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Phantom EAN: 9780792863359 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792863356 Item Dimensions: Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: MGMD1007144D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 07, 2004 Running Time: 93 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: November 04, 1989 Editorial Review: Product Description: In this version of the gaston leroux classic erik is not the vicim of an accident but a man who sells his soul for supernatural powers. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 12/07/2004 Starring: Robert Englund Alex Hyde White Run time: 93 minutes Rating: R Director: Dwight H Little Amazon.com: Trading tragic romance for Faustian malevolence, the 1989 version of The Phantom of the Opera is a surprisingly good example of '80s horror. It was dismissed as gory trash by most critics (no doubt because Kevin Yagher's gruesome makeup effects are effectively revolting), but horror buffs will be more forgiving of this lush production, which ranks well above average for horror films of its time. Set in Victorian London and shot mostly in Budapest, Hungary (for period architecture), the film reunites director Dwight Little (Halloween 4) with "Freddie Krueger" himself, Robert Englund, who had worked together on the Nightmare on Elm Street-based TV series Freddie's Nightmares. It's a good pairing, as Englund does some of his finest work as the Phantom, seen here as a horribly disfigured composer who patches his scarred and mangled face with stitched-on flesh, and makes a deal with the devil to be immortalized through his music. His muse, as always, is the lovely diva-to-be Christine, and the casting of Jill Schoelen gives the film added cachet among genre fans (who will recognize her from the 1987 cult hit The Stepfather). While bearing little resemblance to Lon Chaney's 1925 classic, this Phantom is actually more loyal to Gaston Leroux's original novel, and therefore deserves as much acknowledgement as any other version of the story. Certainly not a classic, but well worth a look. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good versionThe performance is good but it has a little touch of modernism, anyway... a new proposal or a new version for this classic French story. Rating: - A Modern Horror Twist on a Horror ClassicThis version of the story of the Phantom of the Opera is okay if you are a horror fan and a fan of the story. It's not very suspenseful and definitely won't keep you on the edge of your seat. But if you are a fan of 80's horror films and Freddy, you'll get a kick out of this one. Rating: - "Only love and music are forever"The emphasis is definitely on gore in this effective 1989 take on THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, starring Robert Englund in the title role. Followers of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical might want to bypass this one. The setting is modern-day New York. Promising opera singer Christine Day (Jill Schoelen) is auditioning for an important producer when a stage accident catapults her back to 19th-century London. She's still Christine, an aspiring soprano, yet haunted by the terrifying Phantom ... Read More Rating:  - To Crypt "thecrypt777"I really liked this guys review and he already said alot of things I cannot think of saying. However, I did give this movie one star because I found Englund's acting to be off. The movie scenes were good and the story was well known but the acting was off and very stiff. Englund should have half of his face disfigured instead of his whole face, it probably would make people stop calling it Freddy goes to the Opera. Rating: - Phantom of Elm Street is more like itThis mess bears little in common with the great novel or any of the many film versions of the story. They have taken a haunting tale of lust, greed, and suspense and turned it into "A Nightmare In The Opera". Just a silly and poorly put together slasher movie. WHAT A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!!!!!! |
