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THIS IS NOT BASED ON THE BOOK!!!

posted 18 years ago by syaeger14218
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I have been reading all kinds of posts how this movie is based on Gaston Leroux's book. Well...IT ISNT! This movie is merely a slasher film trying to cover the stench of blood behind the cover of a classic novel.If you read to book then watch the movie, you will see this. It is also not a version of the ALW musical, so there is no comparison.The Phantom of the Opera was not a cold blooded killer who roamed the streets looking for victims so he could skin then and SEW THEIR FLESH INTO HIS FACE.
Please, I encourage all to read this novel, then watch the movie.

[–] holt-lover 18 years ago

The movie is only loosely based on the book and follows the same basic plot that all the films do. However, I read the book and if memory serves me correctly this is the only movie to show the scene in the graveyard when the phantom is playing the violin.

[–] syaeger14218 18 years ago

Yes. There is, however a stage production by (I think) David Hill that also shows this scene.
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