Rish Outfield's reviews
A silly Phantom of the Opera ripoff with a TERRIBLE title, folks. But the movie wasn't so bad. Some of it was a lot of fun, although stupid, and I think tyranist wanted to buy this one. I can't over-emphasize how silly it was. There were a couple of neato, creative murders (like this guy who is killed using the escalator--cool!), but that was the highpoint. I guess it was supposed to be a tragedy (like we couldn't tell that with Morgan Fairchild being in it), with the mutilated teen forever prevented from being with his girl, but it remained very light all the way through (though said mutilated teen did go a little wacko toward the end . . . what teen doesn't, mutilated or not?). This is my favourite Pauly Shore movie, though. Mostly because he's not such an *@#! (you're not going to edit this review, are you?), as was his trademark.
Best Scare: This is no fun anymore. I should've stayed in bed.

The tyranist's thoughts
For a movie with this bad of a title and a premise that doesn't come close to seeming entertaining, I sure had fun watching this movie. Once again, though, I love mall movies. This is basically a modern adaptation of Phantom of the Opera in the same way that Clueless is a modern adaptation of Emma. It is pretty well-thought out even though it is a movie that didn't really ever need to be made. There are a couple of scenes that show a little love for Hong Kong martial arts cinema, but mostly this is standard horror fare. My biggest complaint is that there is never really a definitive villain. You kind of end up rooting for all three sides at different moments. Still, I'm a little fond of the heroine right now and the movie could have been much, much worse.