Phantom of the Paradise
Movie • 1974 • Comedy
ReportIn this rock opera hybrid of Phantom of the Opera and Faust, fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both his music and the girl Leach wants to sing it, Phoenix, for the grand opening of his rock palace, The Paradise. After Swan sends Leach to prison for trespassing, Leach endures a freak accident which leaves him disfigured and plans his revenge on both Swan and The Paradise, becoming the Phantom of the Paradise.
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Is there decapitation?
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burntheworm
there is fake decapitation of a mannequin during the paradise's opening premier
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is there BDSM?
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burntheworm
no but some of the stage outfits are kinky
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Is someone stalked?
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143Alex
Not full-on stalked, but followed around, obsessed over, and creepily stared at from afar a few times
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RachelGriffin
A character plans to have his fiance assassinated the moment they're officially married
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
It depends on what is meant as "brutalized", but just two minutes into the movie a woman in an audience is sexually assaulted by a musician while he is performing on stage and emphasis is put on the fact that she is very upset by it and runs from the room as soon as it is over. Women are treated like this throughout the film nominally to set up the fact that certain characters and supposed to be bad guys.
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143Alex
There are no children in the movie at all
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Addiction
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Rgriff22
Heavy drug use by several characters throughout the film. More or less unskippable
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Is there addiction?
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143Alex
Yes, but it isn't a major plot point
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Is there a dead animal?
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A company logo is the outline of a dead animal, but there are no real animals -alive or dead- in the movie.
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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burntheworm
winslow is given pills to keep working
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Is rape mentioned?
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burntheworm
its not mentioned but coercive sex is a core plot point
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ygorrr
There are a few brief shots of women being groped + A shot where a man climbs on top of a woman without her consent, but we dont see what happens and she is shown leaving the room they were in a few seconds later
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
No, but it tip toes up to the line. There is a gay singer in the movie called "beef" who is menaced by the phantom while taking a shower. The audience is meant to wonder if he will be killed in the shower, but the phantom sticks a toilet plunger in his face instead. The plunger is already a reference to him being gay (because gay men are supposed to be obsessed with ass and poop comes out of people's asses), and there is a moment where the audience is meant to wonder if he will be sexually assaulted with the plunger.
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Bodily Harm
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143Alex
No, but a character does intend to use a straight razor on themselves at one point
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Character is choked
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Is someone crushed to death?
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ErnestTrouplyte
Not to death but a character's face is partially crushed, leaving them very disfigured.
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Is someone burned alive?
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143Alex
There are 2 cases of deaths involving fire, but it's arguable whether what caused the fire killed them first or not (explosion + electric shock)
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Is someone buried alive?
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takver
Well, someone gets "entombed"--trapped in a room with the door bricked up and left to die. He escapes, though.
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Is there body horror?
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takver
I'd say so, Winslow's disfigurement being the main one, and then in the second half of the movie there's some stuff about someone's body being put into a supernatural state without their consent or knowledge.
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Does a head get squashed?
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MacElz
The head gets stuck in a machine and squashed but at the time of the incident, there isn't carnage to be seen
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Is there a hanging?
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143Alex
An "audience member" (dummy) is hung as part of the production in the movie
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Are any teeth damaged?
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ygorrr
Teeth are removed offscreen
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Buttonsy
There is no finger or toe mutilation, but it is worth noting that someone's finger is pricked to draw blood.
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Is someone tortured?
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RachelGriffin
It could be argued that the sheer amount of suffering (teeth pulling, burning, shooting) the main character experiences could constitute torture
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Is there eye mutilation?
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wormclowns
After getting their head crushed in a record press, a characters eye gets mutilated, though its only shown towards the end
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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burntheworm
[SPOILERS] winslow and swan both die at the end
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Family
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spindleclown
A character is briefly whisked away onto a rooftop against their will; they scream for help and struggle. It is brief and they are ok.
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Does someone cheat?
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spindleclown
A character's crush is seen sleeping with another man, and they react very poorly to it. They are not officially in a relationship, though.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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RachelGriffin
There's one scene where a mirror door closes to reveal a phantom. Slow enough to not be a jump scare but something to be mindful of
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Are there ghosts?
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No, but one of the characters in the movie believes that the main character is in fact a ghost.
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burntheworm
a character intends to kill himself with a razor then pricks his finger instead
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Is there a shower scene?
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Buttonsy
There is a direct homage to Psycho's shower scene.
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Does someone spit?
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There's a close-up shot of the main character's mouth as he tests his mechanical voice, and saliva is shown.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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This movie was made decades before 9/11 happened
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Law Enforcement
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mixtapemajesty
There are cops briefly but they are not shown in a positive light
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Medical
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burntheworm
no, but someone is electrocuted to death
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Buttonsy
There are no needles or syringes, but a character prick's anothers finger and there is visible blood.
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ygorrr
A few shots of characters stabbing themselves.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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neoballs
It could be perceived that one or more of the main characters are mentally ill, and they are violent at times
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cade.the.stranger
As mentioned a few times, a character tries to attempt but doesn't go through with it
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Security alarms, loud breathing, steps
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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burntheworm
i would say the way winslow feels about himself is dysmorphic
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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WeevilFreeb
A character records a suicide attempt but ultimately doesn't go through with it.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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spindleclown
A character is (briefly) stuck in a record press. The recording room where the main character spends a majority of his time (and is briefly trapped in) is fairly small, but not too bad.
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The opening song is about a suicide and a main character attempts suicide and later dies of the injuries. Another character plans to film his suicide before changing his mind
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Does a baby cry?
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neoballs
No babies or children in the film at all
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Is there shakey cam?
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143Alex
Shaky cam is used at least twice for scenes to show intensity and desperation, but not for most of the movie
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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cade.the.stranger
Some homophobic rhetoric as well as the occasional swear word
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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takver
Character looks directly at the camera in at least one scene.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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143Alex
A large character is called "tubbo" and "bones"
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spindleclown
A man disguises himself as a woman to infiltrate a building. The disguise consists only of a dress, and he shows no discomfort.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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ygorrr
An antagonist character casually uses the word "fag". There are also scenes that use stereotypical gay-coding for humour.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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wormclowns
Main character wears a dress to sneak into a mansion
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Is there hate speech?
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ygorrr
A character casually uses a racist slur for East Asian people early on.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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143Alex
No canonically lgbt people die, but one flamboyant character who is practically a bunch of gay stereotypes stacked in a trenchcoat does die. Again, the character is very stereotypical but never confirmed to be any particular sexuality or gender.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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ErnestTrouplyte
A producer is intimate with women much younger than him. Another man talks about how he taught a young starlet "who to ****" to get ahead in the business
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Sex
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RachelGriffin
No nudity on screen but it is discussed and characters are shown in sexual situations
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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many women are objectified as a statement about how the industry treats them. but, yknow, also for your viewing pleasure. so take that with a grain of salt.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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burntheworm
no, but winslow is constantly derided for being emotional
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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spindleclown
Bittersweet; a lot more bitter than sweet.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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143Alex
No crash, yes explosion
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spindleclown
There is, however, an explosion via a car bomb.
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Is there blood/gore?
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wormclowns
Characters get stabbed and draw blood, but its not very gruesome
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Does someone drown?
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spindleclown
A character leaps into the East River and is presumed to have drowned, but they did not. Extremely brief.
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Is there gun violence?
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143Alex
A character is shot at one point
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