Episode 1: Universal Monsters Series - Phantom of the Opera & Phantom of the Paradise

The Phantom of the Opera art by Martin Ansin (Mondo) and Phantom of the Paradise original movie posterIn our first episode in our Universal Monsters series, we examine The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and Brian De Palma's surreal musical Phantom of the Paradise![ms_divider style="shadow" align="center" width="100%" margin_top="30" margin_bottom="30" border_size="5" border_color="#f2f2f2" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider][ms_heading style="none" color="#c10606" border_color="" text_align="center" font_weight="400" font_size="50" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="0" border_width="5" responsive_text="no" class="" id=""]Sources[/ms_heading]

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory"Haunted Hollywood Part 5: Ghosts and Haunts of the Hollywood Movie Studios" by Troy Taylor, from Prairie Ghosts"There's Something About Mary: Misdeeds and Maneuvers on the Set of Phantom of the Opera (1925)" by Gordon Thomas, from Bright Lights Film Journal"The Phantom of the Opera (1925) A Silent Film Review" by Fritzi Kramer, from Movies Silently"We'll Never See the Same Phantom of the Opera Audiences Did 90 Years Ago" by Lou Lumenick, from The New York Post"Versions and Sources of The Phantom of the Opera" from Nerdly Pleasures"How Technicolor Changed Storytelling" by Adrienne LaFrance, from The Atlantic"Kino Lorber Releasing the Silent Version of The Phantom of the Opera on DVD and BluRay" by Chris Coffel, from Bloody Disgusting[ms_divider style="shadow" align="center" width="100%" margin_top="30" margin_bottom="30" border_size="5" border_color="#f2f2f2" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider]

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

"The Devil's Bargains and Unsparing Satire of Phantom of the Paradise" by Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, Matt Singer, and Scott Tobias, from The Dissolve"Production" from The Swan Archives"The Double Vision of Phantom of the Paradise" by Noel Murray, from The Dissolve"Edgar Wright on Phantom of the Paradise" from Trailers From Hell"Big in Winnipeg" by Alan Jones, from The Dissolve[ms_divider style="shadow" align="center" width="100%" margin_top="30" margin_bottom="30" border_size="5" border_color="#f2f2f2" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider][ms_heading style="none" color="#c10606" border_color="" text_align="left" font_weight="400" font_size="36" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="0" border_width="5" responsive_text="no" class="" id=""]Show Info:[/ms_heading]Test Pattern is originally broadcast on 103.5 FM WLSPLP Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, underwritten by the Bank of Sun Prairie.Music for Test Pattern is “Dance of Deception” by Kevin McLeod and is licensed under Creative Commons. For more, go to incompetech.com.Follow the show on Twitter @testpatternshow.You can also follow Tab @horrorflicktab and Jacob @banedrom.Contact us via email at jacobandtab@testpatternshow.com or use the Contact form.Like the Sun Prairie Media Center Facebook page and follow The Sun on Twitter @spmediacenter[ms_divider style="shadow" align="center" width="100%" margin_top="30" margin_bottom="30" border_size="5" border_color="#f2f2f2" icon="" class="" id=""][/ms_divider][ms_heading style="none" color="c10606" border_color="" text_align="center" font_weight="400" font_size="36" margin_top="0" margin_bottom="0" border_width="5" responsive_text="no" class="" id=""]Listen to the Episode![/ms_heading]