The Phantom of the Opera (1988): Featuring Aiden Grennell: Animated film that is mostly faithful to the original story.Song at Midnight (1985): Remake of the 1937 Chinese film of the same name.The film is a parody of multiple films and pop culture references. Phantom of the Paradise (1974): Also called The Phantom of the Fillmore a rock musical directed by Brian De Palma.Bare's split-screen horror-comedy which recycles the plot and utilizes a score composed for the 1925 film. Wicked, Wicked (1973): Writer/director Richard L.Il Vampiro dell'Opera or The Monster of the Opera (1964): Featuring Giuseppe Addobbati.The Mid-Nightmare, Part One (1962) and Part Two (1963) (Chinese: 夜半歌声-上集 Ye ban ge sheng - shang ji and 下集 xia ji): Remake of the 1937 Chinese film, this time featuring Zhao Lei and Betty Loh Ti.
The plot is very similar to the 1943 Claude Rains version, with the Phantom being prodded into activity because his own masterpiece, an opera about Joan of Arc, is being mounted in that opera house and credited to the opera's conductor.
This version has the Phantom playing the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach on the organ - which has become a cultural trope indicating tragic horror.
The makeup of Lon Chaney was so disfiguring that the camera operator lost focus while shooting the sequence, and theaters were urged to have smelling salts on hand in case ladies in the audience fainted in horror. The scene in which Erik plays the organ and Christine creeps up behind him to snatch his mask off is often cited by critics and connoisseurs of film art as one of the most memorable moments in the history of all film. The film was reissued in 1929 with sound effects, music and some reshot dialogue sequences (but none with Chaney). For this classic silent film Universal Studios created a faithful replica of the Paris Opera House as a setting. The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Featuring Lon Chaney, Sr., Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin.Now a lost film, it is only known to have existed because of references to it in other media. Das Gespenst im Opernhaus or Das Phantom der Oper (1916): Featuring the Swedish actor Nils Olaf Chrisander (1884–1947) and the Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen (1893–1974, aka Aud Egede Richter).Picture with Susanna Foster (Christine DuBois). WarnerBros.Claude Rains portraying Erique Claudin, the Phantom, in Universal's 1943 version of Phantom of the Opera.