The Monster of the Opera

The Monster of the Opera (1964)

Il mostro dell'opera

A theater troupe's young, energetic leader has secured an old theater in which to produce his new production. The theater's elderly caretaker urges the group to leave at once. A vampire is awakened and discovers that one of the troupe is the reincarnation of the woman who he once loved.

Date of release
1964-06-30
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
Renato Polselli

Casting

Interesting facts

The Vampire of the Opera is a 1964 Italian horror film co-written and directed by Renato Polselli and starring Marco Mariani and Giuseppe Addobbati.

Production

The film had a very troubled production. Produced by Rossano Brazzi's brother, Oscar Brazzi, shooting started in 1961, but because of budget issues it was ended only in 1964.

Initially conceived as a sequel of Polselli's 1960 horror film The Vampire and the Ballerina, it had the working title "Il vampiro dell'opera" (lit. 'The Vampire of the Opera'), but because of the diminished interest of Italian audience in vampire films, when released it was eventually renamed, replacing the world vampire with monster ("mostro").

Ernesto Gastaldi is credited as screenwriter, but according to him, he wrote only the treatment and made a few corrections to the script. The film was shot in Narni.

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