Dundead Halloween: The Phantom of the Opera (100th Anniversary) with live score

Name: Dundead Halloween: The Phantom of the Opera (100th Anniversary) with live score
Genre: Horror
Released: 2025-10-25
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Cast: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin

Director Rupert Julian’s 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney ranks among the greatest horror films of the silent era. To celebrate the milestone 100th anniversary of this iconic film, Dundead, Dundee Contemporary Arts’ festival and regular screening strand celebrating horror, cult and weird cinema, has commissioned a brand-new score by Scottish musicians Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman, to be performed live at five screenings across Scotland. This film from Universal Studios was the first film adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel, and one of the first in the iconic series of Universal horror films. Julian’s film is suitably operatic in scope, with Hollywood extravagance, opulent costumes and hundreds of extras. Lon Chaney, ‘the Man of a Thousand faces’, plays Erik, the Phantom, in one of his most celebrated performances. Chaney designed the make-up for this (and many of his other roles), and the Phantom’s appearance, and particularly his unmasking scene, is nothing short of iconic. The original 1925 release of the film utilised a variety of colour processes, including tinting and a dazzling early use of Technicolour, and there have been numerous reissues of the original film in the intervening years, including a 1929 version with sound. The version that we will be screening is as close to the original, vibrantly coloured silent version as possible. As is the case for many vintage films, The Phantom of the Opera contains some problematic depictions of disability, so we are particularly pleased that Andrew and Tommy aim to highlight these elements in their score while still celebrating an indelible milestone in cinema culture. A Dundee Contemporary Arts and Dundead project. Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery.HorrorPT1H32MPG2025-10-25

Lon Chaney

Norman Kerry

Mary Philbin

Rupert Julian

Dundead Halloween: The Phantom of the Opera (100th Anniversary) with live score"Dundead Halloween: The Phantom of the Opera (100th Anniversary) with live score"

Showtimes

October 25, 8:45 pm