Movie Information
Overall Rank: 8639
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 21
Theatrical Release Date: 10/31/1974
Language: English
Genre: Musical, Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, George Memmoli, Archie Hahn
Plot: Brian de Palma's wild "rock opera" (with songs by Paul Williams) combining elements of "The Phantom of the Opera" with "Faust" and satirical attacks on the glam rock era. Struggling songwriter Winslow Leach (William Finley) is plagiarized by producer-tycoon Swann (Williams), and survives an attempted murder in order to seek revenge as a phantom stalking Swann's rock palace -- the Paradise.
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3.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 10/14/2024
70s audiences really missed out sleeping on "Phantom of the Paradise, " the kookiest outlier in De Palma's staggering list of works for sure.
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