The Mid-Nightmare (1962)

Release Date: 1962-12-20
Runtime: 1h 36min
Production Company: Shaw Brothers
Production Country: Hong Kong
Director: Yuan Qiu-Feng

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.