50 REASONS TO WATCH PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES!)

This film was #52 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Following the success of The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1923, Chaney was once again given the freedom to create his own make-up as the Phantom, a habit which became almost as famous as the films he starred in. Chaney painted his eye sockets black, giving a skull-like impression to them. He also pulled the tip of his nose up and pinned it in place with wire, enlarged his nostrils with black paint, and put a set of jagged false teeth into his mouth to complete the ghastly deformed look of the Phantom. When audiences first saw The Phantom of the Opera, they were said to have screamed or fainted at the scene where Christine pulls the concealing mask away, revealing his skull-like features to the audience. The success of The Phantom of the Opera inspired Universal to finance the production of a long string of horror films such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man, and The Mummy as well as the numerous sequels of all five franchises. As with many films of the time, black-and-white footage was tinted various colors to provide mood.These included amber for interiors, blue for night scenes, green for mysterious moods, red for fire and sunshine (yellow) for daylight exteriors.