1/8 Lon Chaney Phantom of The Opera Glow Edition Plastic Model Kit, Skill Level 2

This kit comes molded in gray, with a complete set of special spooky glow parts. Includes Phantom figure with mask, detailed subterranean base, dungeon prisoner, rat, and lizard.Skilll level 2.About THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA:Audiences gasped and shuddered to their heart's delight while viewingthe original horror movie, "The Phantom of the Opera." First released in1925 as a silent film, it starred Lon Chaney, dubbed "The Man of a ThousandFaces," because of his theatrical bag of tricks he employed to completelyalter his features. In this movie classic, he succeeded through countlessdevices in transforming his face to take on the appearance of a skull. Tofurther enhance the drama, the gruesome face of the Phantom was cloakedin secrecy; no still photos were allowed to be published until well after therelease of the film. In fact, it is not until the fifth reel that he was seenunmasked.The bizarre plot revolves around an insane musician seeking revenge forhis disfigured features by menacing the Paris Opera House, played so eloquentlyby Chaney that it fairly frightened the public out of its wits!The Paris Opera House of 1880 was thrown into a series of turmoils bystrange events attributed by the invasion of evil spirits...actually created bythe mysterious Phantom. His main ambition was to train a beautiful youngopera singer to achieve the honor of Prima Donna; thus he left the subterraneanquarters where he made his home to launch a reign of terror. Maintaininghis horrible secret, he continued his horrendous acts by killing in unique,violent methods, climaxing his mad rampage by causing a massive chandelierto crash upon an unsuspecting audience. Exercising a spell over his protege,he hypnotized the soprano into following him into the catacombs under theopera house where, to her utter terror, he tore off his mask!The lover of the captive singer, falling prey to the Phantom in his effortsto rescue her, was forced to endure the torture chamber before being savedby an agent of the secret police. The Phantom, in the meantime, made goodhis escape amidst the confusion. In a spine-tingling chase, the furious mobcaptured the fleeing villain who suffered as violent a death as his victim.