The Phantom of the Opera 1962

Phantom of the Opera (1962, UK) is a Horror film directed by Terence Fisher

Synopsis: Terror strikes the London Opera House as a new opera is disrupted by the actions of a deformed specter of the show's past who has an obsession with one of the production's chorus girl.
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Released in 1962
Color
Running time: 84 minutes
Production Co: Hammer Film Productions
Distribution Co: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK) | Universal Pictures (USA)
Directed by Terence Fisher
Produced by Anthony Hinds, Basil Keys
Written by John Elder, Gaston Leroux (novel)
Starring Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough
Music by Edwin Astley
Cinematography by Arthur Grant
Edited by Alfred Cox

Out of the hell-fire of horror unimaginable rises the figure of terror incarnate!
The most unusual tale of terror - and love - ever told!
He hid behind a face that was not his - until her beauty stripped away his curtain of evil... his mask of HORROR!
Driven by HATE to live behind a mask of horror. Driven by LOVE to steal the beauty the world denied him!
BENEATH HIS MASK...the Grotesque Face of Horror Unimaginable! INSIDE HIS HEART...the Desperate Desire for Beauty and Love!
The Greatest THRILL CLASSIC of All Time!