The Mid-Nightmare (1962)
Essentially an adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic The Phantom of the Opera, Mid-Nightmare is set in a Huangmei diao teahouse theatre, which an embittered and horribly disfigured ex-performer ‘haunts', looking to extract revenge on his enemies and falling in love with a talented and beautiful, but ultimately unattainable, ingénue.
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Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
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It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
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It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
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The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
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