The Phantom of the OperaYear: 1989 Director: Dwight H. Little Written by: Duke Sandefur Threat: Phantom Weapon of Choice: Towel Based upon: novel - The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux Color/B&W/3D: Colour Language: English Country of Origin: USA IMDb page: |
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The tyranist's thoughts
The only reason this one got rented was because Jill Schoelen was in it. Now I know that doesn't seem
like a good reason to most of you, but if you've been with us for very long, you know that when it comes
to Ms. Schoelen, I cannot resist. Robert Englund playing the phantom was really very peripheral, but nice
to have.
Do I really need to summarise the plot for you? I mean, really, if you don't know the basic story by now,
chances are you're too young to appreciate horror from the '80s anyway. For this particular incarnation,
they've modernized the story a bit and there are a few more supernatural elements. For the most part
this is the same old story though.
As much as I like Ms. Schoelen, it bothered me to notice that the singing was obviously not her. I don't
know that they could have done it any better, but it drew me out of the story a bit. The supernatural
elements don't seem out of place, however, and the overall feel of the movie is pretty true to the general
emotion toward this story for the '80s. After all, everyone was trying to cache in on the musical, and
straying even a bit from the musical's basic formula was sure to be met with derision.
I've seen better translations of this, but it wasn't bad. If you like the '80s and like either Robert Englund
or Jill Schoelen, it is definitely worth seeing.
Posted: November 6, 2006
Total Skulls: 22
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| Sequel setup | |
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| Rips off earlier film | ||
| Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
| Future celebrity appears | |
Molly Shannon |
| Former celebrity appears | ||
| Bad title | ||
| Bad premise | ||
| Bad acting | |
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| Bad dialogue | ||
| Bad execution | ||
| MTV Editing | |
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| OTS | ||
| Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
| Wanton sex | |
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| Death associated with sex | ||
| Unfulfilled promise of nudity | |
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| Characters forget about threat | ||
| Secluded location | ||
| Power is cut | ||
| Phone lines are cut | ||
| Someone investigates a strange noise | |
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| Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
| Camera is the killer | ||
| Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
| Victim locks self in with killer | ||
| Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
| Toilet stall scene | ||
| Shower/bath scene | |
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| Car stalls or won't start | ||
| Cat jumps out | ||
| Fake scare | ||
| Laughable scare | ||
| Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
| Dream sequence | ||
| Hallucination/Vision | |
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| No one believes only witness | ||
| Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | |
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| Warning goes unheeded | ||
| Music detracts from scene | ||
| Death in first five minutes | ||
| x years before/later | ||
| Flashback sequence | |
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| Dark and stormy night | ||
| Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
| Killer wears a mask | |
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| Killer is in closet | ||
| Killer is in car with victim | ||
| Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
| Unscary villain/monster | ||
| Beheading | |
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| Blood fountain | ||
| Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc. | |
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| Poor death effect | ||
| Excessive gore | ||
| No one dies at all | ||
| Virgin survives | |
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| Geek/Nerd survives | ||
| Little kid lamely survives | ||
| Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
| Unresolved subplots | |
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| "It was all a dream" ending | ||
| Unbelievably happy ending | ||
| Unbelievably crappy ending | ||
| What the hell? |
