The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Release Date:  11/4/1989
Country of Release:  USA
Length:  93 minutes
MPAA:  R
Medium:  Video
Genre:  DRA HOR MUS
Release Message:  Christine Day (Jill Schoelen) auditions for a Broadway show. Once she sings the music (written a century earlier by an unknown composer who had a pact with the Devil), she is transported from the present day to 1881 London.
Description:  A darker version of the classic Gaston Leroux novel. A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer who has plans for those oppose himself or the young singer. A newer and gorier version of the horror film classic of Gaston Leroux's classic tale. Christine Day is a young Broadway singer in New York City. She is auditioning for a show and comes across a piece of music written by an unknown music composer named Erik Destler nearly 100 years before. Erik had made a pack with the devil so the world would love his music, but the devil had one condition: that Erik's face would be horribly disfigured forever. Once Christine sings his music, she is taken from present day New York to 1881 London were she is the star of the London Opera House. Their she is coached by a mysterious caped figure who will do anything to make her the star of the opera even if it means murdering people, and the figure is none other than Erik Destler himself.