'The Phantom of The Opera' (1962) - Terence Fisher.

The acclaimed director, Terence Fisher's powerful musical melodrama, The Phantom of The Opera' for me, somewhat ironically, remains one of Hammer Films more frequently unsung Gothic masterpieces! Looming, craggy Horror icon, Michael Gough slyly delivers one of his most chilling performances as the predatory plagiarist, Lord Ambrose D'Arcy, the object of his malign attentions, Heather Sears is utterly charming as the naïve, ingénue songbird, Christine, her handsome protector, Harry Hunter is heroically played by the urbane, Edward De Souza, and maestro, Herbert Lom expresses more genuine emotion through one livid eye than is pointedly absent in every jumpscare-clotted juvenilia Blumhouse ever conceived! 

While this oft interpreted tale of cruelly thwarted ambition, and murderously obsessive love is undeniably a familiar one; as the oft-quoted adage goes there's many a goodly song played on a old fiddle, and master filmmaker, Terence Fisher vibrantly orchestrates such sweetly melancholic music with his delightfully colourful, dramatically engaging dark romance, 'The Phantom of The Opera; and only the most callow individual wouldn't be stirred by The Phantom's miserable plight! Beautifully acted by a notable cast, compellingly shot, with a rousing score by, Edwin 'The Saint' Astley, 'The Phantom of The Opera' comes highly recommended to all musically-inclined fans of classic British terror cinema! 

'Maestro, Herbert Lom eerily expresses more genuinely pained emotion through one livid eye than the compound misery of suffering through every tediously second hand, jumpscare-clotted juvenilia Blumhouse ever made!!! and that is, like, totally provable by a legit, Isaac Asimov sanctioned scientific principle, dude!!!!!' - Weirdlingwolf.