“She was unprepared for ugliness. And for that brief, sweet moment, so…
Category: Phantom of the Opera
“You’ll Just Die!”: The Return of Grotesque Horror in the 1989 Phantom of the Opera
What if Freddy Krueger loved classical music? Suppose his films were just…
Turning the Scorpion: Love Without Redemption in the 1925 Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera has always needed a sequel, even its…
“Our Lives Are One Masked Ball”: Monsters, Masks, and the Art of Imitation in The Phantom of the Opera Franchise
“If I am the phantom, it is because man’s hatred has made…
“NAILED IT”: (Un)Intentional Parody, Redemption, and the Musical Stage Fright (2014)
If horror movies have taught me anything, it’s that summer camp is…
“That’s the Hell of It!”: Allegory, Satire, and Musical Horror in Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Revised June 2021, Phantom of the Opera month. We see a stage…