name a cuter and better and sweeter couple nuh uh you can’t #raoulstineforlife
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Werewolf By Night has given me a small sliver of hope that a Leroux-faithful, Universal Monsters inspired adaptation of Phantom of the Opera can perhaps one day be made... Nearly 100 years later, and Lon Chaney’s performance is still the best, but we need a Christine who is Leroux-accurate too ... and Elsa Bloodstone gives strong Leroux!Christine vibes...
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i love you frankenstein i love you dracula i love you the invisible man i love you the wolf man i love you the phantom of the opera i love you the creature from the black lagoon i love you draculas daughter i love you the bride of frankenstein i love you universal classic monster movies
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Today 176 years ago this guy was born happy birthday Erik
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Lon Chaney’s Erik is uhhhh.
Interesting.
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Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
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ooooo you wanna kiss so bad
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Yet in his eyes
All the sadness of the world
Those pleading eyes
That both threaten and adore
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Did you know that Lon Chaney's Erik is 32 years old?
Yes. This goofy ass man is 32 years old.
So, the silent movie gives a few and undetailed comment about Erik's life before he became the Opera Ghost. A script cheating? Maybe, but it's a 1925 movie with 1 hour and 50 minutes so we excuse that.
Erik was born during the Boulevard Massacre, an event that happened on 23/2/1848, Paris. The main story takes place in 1881 as the original novel, so yeah, Erik is 32 years old and his birthday is 23th February. THIS SILLY MOTHERFUCKER IS ONLY 32 YEARS OLD.
I think 1925 Erik's backstory could be such an interesting thing to explore. He doesn't seem to have traveled to Persia and was born in Paris instead of Rouen, was accused of witchcraft and exiled on an Island by reasons not fully explained... i wonder what could be explored about him. Will i write a fanfiction about his past and a sequel to the 1925 movie?... HELL, YES.
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It’s someone’s special day!
Happy birthday to Lon Chaney’s Erik! On this day 176 years ago, this sweet and very innocent sewer gremlin was born! I bet he was the cutest baby 🥹
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