Phantom of the Opera Books and Films

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All the endless Phantom adaptations were worth it at the very least for giving us Lindsay Ellis. Would she have embarked on the same intellectual journey if not for her Phantom phase where she met Elisa and Nella?

"You gotta, for the collection" is such a perfectly succinct summary of the drive so many of us have for the media we love *glances over at his wall of Doctor Who*

Not gonna lie, some of these Phantom of the Opera-inspired stories sound really interesting... thanks for bringing them up!

The 1925 Lon Chaney silent film scared me as a kid and still knocks me out, now. Thank you for this superb vid, Maven! 😎

I've read the original novel in French (I have no merit, being a native French speaker) and I'd tend to think the less poetic translations might be the more accurate ones. Leroux was a former journalist turned crime fiction writer. His Phantom was pretty much a mystery novel with gothic elements and no truly supernatural ones. In many ways it's a speudo-documentary.

The best adaption ever made is definitely Wishbone's Pantin at the Opera

YES YES YES YES YES! Also, I would kill to stay in a guest room like that!

Oh. My God. I recently discovered your Phantom book collection from 2019 and I've been watching and rewatching it religiously for a few weeks now. It's inspired me to start my own collection, for which I'm several books in, and the very first one I got is the one you're holding at the beginning of this video. As if that weren't enough, I literally just got two published books of phanfiction in the mail right the heck now, and here this video is, tempting me further! I'm going nuts, I feel like this is fate, my brain is Phantom salad, I'm never going to escape this.

Too many years, fighting back tears, why won't the past just die! You know, the song "wishing you were somehow here again" reminds me of extinct animals. I think of that one Hawaiian bird, which is the last of its kind, and will never see its bird friends again. Just as Christine wishes that her father, once so lively, now surrounded by statues, we lament the deaths of animals like Dodos, Baiji Dolphins, and extinct birds, who now dine with fossils and are the roommates of skeletons.

I have never heard of that Phantom of the Opera movie starring Robert Englund, but now I really wanna watch it 'cause it sounds amazing 😆

Phantom Rising Series by Davyne Desye is another goodie, a continuation of the original novel featuring our favorite OG in 3 books.

I have the copy of The Phantom of the Opera by Lisa! It was the first copy I bought while at the store with my dad. The Dracula x Phantom of the Opera book sounds interesting. XD I grew up watching Phantom of the Paradise! It was my dad's favorite movies he watched it in theaters when he was a teenager. I actually played, "Old Souls" during my first dance with my husband. Robert England as the Phantom is a favorite too. :) As much as I love Julian Sands as the Warlock... his role as The Phantom creeped me out. -_- Oh! I found a cassette tape of the original Broadway cast!

Oh I'm so glad you've done this sequel video to your first Phantom book collection video! I've been a Phan for years now, but your collection definitely puts mine to shame. Thank you for doing these videos and sharing your collection with us!😮🙂👍🏻🙏🏻💙💜📖📚💿 I very highly recommend the Phantom (romance) novels by Michelle Rodriguez (the author, not the film actress). She's written and self-published a number of them, and I absolutely LOVE them. If you're a hardcore Erik/Christine shipper, then Michelle's books are a must-read! Start with her novel "The Opera Ghost Unraveled". I've been able to purchase her books from Amazon. And while her retellings of Erik & Christine's romance do lean more towards eroticism, her stories aren't nearly as graphic and erotic as those of Colette Gale. Michelle's Phantom novels are written a bit more poetically, and her portrayals of Erik and Christine are powerful and poignant and deeply passionate. Well worth the read!🥰👍🏻💖💕📖📚

The video we have all waited for.

If you want to check really good Phantom "phanfics", try Beyond the Masque by Kae Jacobs and the 8-book series Through Phantom Eyes by Theodora Bruns. Six of the books were already published, volume 7 will be released in the near future. Those are books worth buying and reading.

For anyone curious, I live in Korea and the production here is actually just called "Phantom" (팬텀) and it's the Yeston & Kopit version, which I find interesting! I think that ALW's version is still more well-known here, but there are some big names in the Korean entertainment industry starring in this version of Phantom. Side note: One day, I must buy the Anne Bachelier illustrations - they're so unbelievably gorgeous!

That '86 animated Phantom was actually my second exposure to Phantom. My aunt and uncle are both music teachers and were pretty big Phantom fans. So, they played the highlights from the Webber musical form me, explained the story, and actually made me a copy for my own. Which I eventually wore out. My aunt then took me to Blockbuster one day and rented the animated film for me. Specifically because it was a more book accurate version.

My dad was a HUGE Yes and Wakeman fan. And when I found that version of Phantom while visiting relatives in Boston, I geeked out so much. They let me borrow it. And it was such an experience. I haven't seen it again since I sent it back but . . . Wow. Seeing it here, brings back so much.

Rating. Every. Phantom. Seriously, I now want to see a Jenny Nicholson/Maven crossover, although I realize there aren’t many overlapping interests.