The Phantom Of The Opera - Unmasking Scene (1925)

★★★★★ · Mary Philbin performance · berger meister · 2026-06-19

One of filmdoms great silent horror scenes is the unmasking of the Phantom, played by Lon Chaney Sr. Mary Philbin's look of terror is a classic that has stood the test of time. It is a shame that she became a recluse and was rarely seen in public again. She had a tragic upbringing as well, which didn't help.

★★★★★ · Talk about Drama! · ohsnapiam56 · 2010-08-28

This is 2010 and Yup...it scared me.

★★★★★ · Legendary · DoctorBotanus · 2011-02-01

This is the first scene to ever make people barf in the audience. Exorcist and Deliverance followed.

★ · BEWARE SPOILERS · Peter Bacion · 2007-05-22

Until lately, I have angered myself over people who submit their own versions of movies – e.g. the person who submitted their version of “Aelita, Queen Of Mars” or the person who submitted their home-made edits of Buster Keaton´s films (all of these so-called edits to be found elsewhere on the Internet Archives). In my opinion, these so-called edits are all totally sub-par to the originals, and therefore should not be published in this library. Because at any rate, the goal of the Internet Archive is to conserve great movies for posterity. But hey, what do I care about? Let these folks have…