

But when this monster falls for the beautiful Christine Daae, his powers of attractive enticement and malevolent mayhem all come to the surface.

This murderous fiend speaks through walls, abducts innocents through mirrors, and holds the opera management in a cruel state of hostage. The film was made by Hammer Film Productions. A malicious spectre haunts the Parisian Opera house. So, a lot of thrilling moments that will literally nail you to your stool or a bed while you read it. The Phantom of the Opera is a 1962 British horror film based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. The book is a classic literature and a bit Broadway musical genre, it is perhaps not bad to say that the book is filled with a lot of suspense and almost an indefinite thought provoking moments that some would find very interesting, when some would find it awkward.Įven though the story itself does go deep into the Christine's childhood and the Phantoms backstory what we really enjoyed is the psychological aspect and angle of it. Though the story is actually all about romance and mystery it is also full of obsession and suspense. The worst part is that the Phantom eventually falls in love with a soprano Christine Daaè which in the end causes a lot of trouble for the Parisian Opera House.Īnyhow let's get back to this book review. As the very name suggests the book is about a Parisian Opera (Opera in Paris), that is apparently Haunted by an alluring and a mysterious Phantom.

The Phantom of Opera by Gaston Leroux is actually a simple classic novel that is really beautiful yet an extremely compelling story in itself.
