On par with Bela Lugosi's DRACULA, and infinitely better than Boris Karloff's FRANKENSTEIN, Lon Chaney's Phantom is a truly frightening character.  This silent film never fails to entertain, and the locations of the Paris opera house and the dungeons beneath, are superb.  I was astonished during the masquerade ball when everything turned to technicolor...I thought it was unheard of back when this movie was made.  We all know the story, and it is almost impossible to watch without expecting to hear some Andrew Lloyd Weber music...but this is a classic monster movie.