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Englund’s make-up was easily one of the best things about the film as the Phantom went through several intense transformations throughout the film as his wicked intentions regarding Christine Day were divulged. The Phantom/Erik was played amusingly by a well established Robert Englund who took to the Phantom make-up quite easily already having several Nightmare on Elm Street films under his belt. That being said this movie is still very entertaining. It was an interesting attempt, but period horror is very difficult to pull off successfully as it is hard to place yourself in the shoes of a 19th century London opera goer. Christine soon finds out that her teacher is in fact Destler, whom she comes to loathe.ġ989’s Phantom of the Opera tries to be both a horror movie and a period piece, but really only succeeds as a horror movie and barely. There she is coached by a mysterious “Phantom” who will do anything to make his protege a star, even if it means murder.

Once Christine sings his music for an audition, she is hit with a sandbag, thus follows a presumed flashback into the past roughly around 1881, where she was the star in the London Opera House. Destler it seems had made a pact with the devil (maybe by accident) so the world would love his music, the catch was Erik’s face would be left horribly disfigured forever. She is auditioning for a show, and comes across an old piece of music written nearly 100 years before by an unknown musician name Erik Destler. Christine Daaé is a young Broadway singer in New York City. A newer, gorier version of the classic 1910 Gaston Leroux tale has A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Robert Englund playing the Phantom.