Andrea Di Stefano, Asia Argento, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
Leaden horror costumer that takes its tenuous starting point from the classic Gaston Leroux novel of the same name. The twist in this variation is that the Phantom was raised by telepathic rats in the...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 30, 1999
Stats: 194 reviews
This is . . . bad. The atmosphere is great and the gore is pretty satisfying, but . . . what is up with the rats, Dario? And where exactly is the Phantom's trademark mask - you know, the one on the front of the box? In case you haven't guessed, this definitely is not a stellar...( read more)
A cool, weird and gorey version of Phantom of the Opera by Dario Argento, the mystery horror maestro from Italy. Contrary to the DVD cover, the Phantom doesn't wear a mask, and is played by the long-haired awesome actor Julian Sands. Dario's daughter Asia Argento plays the Phant...( read more)
Asia is good but what happened here? Nothing seems to quite come together.
Gorgeous sets, costumes and photography, great Gothic atmosphere, but ouch, what a crude script by Gerard Brach and director Argento (whose fan I´m not, BTW) : especially rat-like, obnoxious "Phantom" and his treatment of fat Carlotta pollutes the fim . And Asia Argento does no...( read more)
I've read some terrible reviews of this, but on watching it I was pleasantly surprised. It has rather high production values, but it is certainly melodramatic and rather nonsensical. If you can stomach that, it has something for almost everyone; fans of gory death scenes, fans of...( read more)
Hmm... def a diff take on the classic, kind of a cross between PHANTOM & WILLARD '71 lol. Kinda awful. See it to say u have.
I don't know, the thing is, Argento got balls to change the whole concept and not just add some awesome rats with a soul but a phantom more man than phantom, more flesh than mask and more likely for rat bestiality than anything else. I found the unconventional nature rather bizar...( read more)
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WTF telepathic rats HAHA now i know im not watchen it or maybe i will just to see how funny it is!
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