# The Phantom of the Opera (1998)

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**Original title**: *Il fantasma dell'Opera*
**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Horror, Romance, Mystery
**Directed by**: Dario Argento
**Written by**: Dario Argento, Gérard Brach
**Starring**: Julian Sands, Asia Argento, Andrea Di Stefano, Nadia Rinaldi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, István Bubik

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Paris opera house winter darkness a lone organ plays 
a deformed figure lurks in shadows 
Argento helms a gothic horror romance.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, dread, surreal

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