Phantom of the Paradise

Name: Phantom of the Paradise
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Released: November 1, 1974
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Archie Hahn, Colin Cameron, David Garland, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham

1974

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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: November 1, 1974 | PG

Starring: Archie Hahn, Colin Cameron, David Garland, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham, Jeffrey Comanor, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams, Peter Elbling, William Finley

Summary: A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Director: Brian De Palma

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy, Romance, Music, Musical

Rating: PG

Runtime: 92 min

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A very good horror comedy-drama about a disfigured musician haunting a rock palace. Brian De Palma's direction and script makes for one of the very rare backstage rock story pix, catching the garishness of the glitter scene in its own time. Read full review

Pauline Kael

The film is a one-of-a-kind entertainment, with a kinetic, breakneck wit.

Budd Wilkins

This is De Palma pouring the new wine of his formal inventiveness and anti-authoritarian irreverence into the old bottles of archetypal myths, and it remains a supremely entertaining anomaly within his filmography, yet entirely emblematic of his filmmaking sensibilities. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A better rock'n'roll parody than The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and one of director Brian De Palma's more original efforts, Phantom of the Paradise combines elements of The Phantom of the Opera and the Faust legend into a fairly entertaining, but only sporadically successful, horror-musical comedy. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

A highly inventive updating of the Phantom of the Opera story to the rockbiz world - complete with borrowings from Faust and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Read full review

The Guardian Philip French

A garish cult thriller. Read full review

Vincent Canby

Phantom of the Paradise is an elaborate disaster, full of the kind of facetious humor you might find on bumper stickers and cocktail coasters. Read full review

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KELEO2000

Mar 10, 2019

The perfection make It movie My favorite movie Because have a great history,Músic,photography, etc

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WhiskeyStories

Oct 3, 2018

Q: If you had to choose only one, which movie would you watch for the rest of your life?

A: Well, let me think. Probably one that has a little bit of everything. One that's endlessly entertaining and rewatchable... I know, something like Phantom of the Paradise.

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sandborn

Mar 28, 2019

A masterpiece! This movie has everything: a great story, a great cast, a great director and a great soundtrack! I hope young people give 'Phantom of the Paradise' a shot because it's way better than anything coming out now.

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Malwark

May 5, 2020

Amazing music. Amazing direction. A new take on both faust and phantom of the opera. It is a movie that you can't get tired of. After finishing it, you simply cannot wait until your next watch. It is truly a forgotten masterpiece.

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JLuis_001

Oct 18, 2020

Excessive but understandable for the times of its release.

Even though it was released earlier, this film is like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, too overrated but quirky enough to turn heads, and that means - just like The Rocky Horror Picture Show - that if you don't get into the visualsExcessive but understandable for the times of its release.

Even though it was released earlier, this film is like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, too overrated but quirky enough to turn heads, and that means - just like The Rocky Horror Picture Show - that if you don't get into the visuals and musical atmosphere, you will not be able to enjoy the experience.
And yes, the experience is nothing exceptional, but it was entertaining.… Expand

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