# The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

> A masked outcast haunting the Paris Opera turns obsessive love and theatrical grandeur into enduring gothic nightmare.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/801

## Facts

- Runtime: 107 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Rupert Julian
- Cast: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, Snitz Edwards, John St. Polis, Virginia Pearson
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016220/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, brooding, melodramatic, classic horror night, silent film screening

## Synopsis

A haunting tale of love and obsession unfolds beneath the grand chandeliers of Parisian opera.

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- [Faust (1926)](https://ember.film/movie/5788)
- [The Black Cat (1934)](https://ember.film/movie/14208)
- [Phantom of the Paradise (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/16432)
- [Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)](https://ember.film/movie/1978)
- [Dracula (1931)](https://ember.film/movie/106)
- [The Man Who Laughs (1928)](https://ember.film/movie/16596)
- [Nosferatu (1922)](https://ember.film/movie/530)
- [The Unknown (1927)](https://ember.film/movie/16582)
- [The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)](https://ember.film/movie/53421)
- [The Wolf Man (1941)](https://ember.film/movie/7948)

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