Review #217: Phantom of the Opera (1925)
This review was originally written in October 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #72: Phantom of the Opera (1925) "A movie about singing, surely this one isn't going to be another silent film" I said to myself. I was wrong, of course- though I'm pretty sure this is the last silent film on my list- but while Phantom of the Opera was another silent film, and it's pretty slow much like the last two (I watched it at 1.5x speed and it felt like it was moving normally), I was pleasantly surprised by this one! For anyone not familiar with this story, it follows the cast and crew at the Paris Opera House, where legend says a "phantom" has been living in secrecy and manipulating the events that unfold therein. The main characters are Christine, an understudy that has unknowingly been in close contact with the phantom for many years, and Raoul, a soldier that is in love with her (which is unwelcome news to the Phantom, who- since he's actuall...