#phantom of the mall: eric's revenge

[phantomato13]

I really enjoyed writing a review for The Phantom of the Opera (1983), so I thought I'd write another review for another Phantom movie I watched today. Today I watched Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989), directed by Richard Friedman, Eric played by Derek Rydall. My rating is 2/5, and the movie sits at 11/13 on my Phantom list.

The story was all over the place and really confusing, and honestly I don't even think I got the whole scope of what was going on. I did however really like Eric - in this one he has a gym in his lair and does martial arts lol (so cute). His origin story is that he and Melody (this story's Christine) used to be boyfriend and girlfriend but he supposedly died from their house burning on fire (which the reason was POORLY explained). The movie was also very sexual, like too many long sex scenes that had to be skipped over lmao.

Sadly, we get almost no time with him and lots of time spent on random characters with little to no resemblance to Phantom characters. They weren't even likable in the slightest. So really the only thing I enjoyed was the tiny amount of Eric we see. I would rather rewatch the 1962 adaptation over this, and that's saying something (but still better than 1943 and Love Never Dies 🤮).

Let me know what you guys think of this movie and if you've ever seen it!

[pauliesshoredom]

Been busy so I caught up on some stuff lmaoooo XD

[schlock-luster-video]

On July 18, 2022, Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge was released on the Internet in Canada.

[strangelittlelad]

Phantom of the Opera AU where all the different Phantoms (including Winslow Leach and Eric Matthews) have a sewer network and regularly visit each other

My contribution to this AU (yeets shitty black and white art at you)

Eric Matthews: Is that Freddy Krueger?

Robert Englund!Erik: Who's Freddy Krueger??

[mariocki]

Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)

"Eric... I'm really sorry. Look, I may have made some mistakes, I said some bad things. I'll eat my words!"

"Eat this."

[triplethreattheater]

Triple Threat Theater Episode 76:

Phantoms

Films discussed on this episode:

The Phantom Of The Opera (1962)

Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)

Phantom Of The Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)

Runtime: 1 hour, 32 minutes

Hosted By: Joe Daxberger & Rian Miller

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[ogradyfilm]

Adaptation Blues - Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge

[The following essay contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!]

Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera has been adapted to other media so frequently that many of the story’s finer details have been lost in translation; only the broadest strokes of the plot have survived long enough to penetrate the collective unconscious.

Universal’s 1943 version of the tale, for example, reimagines the eponymous specter’s physical disfigurement as a hideous burn scar, rather than a birth defect as in the original novel—a change that has lingered in subsequent reinterpretations, much like Sherlock Holmes’ “iconic” deerstalker cap. The character’s morality is likewise malleable: Hammer Horror’s 1962 film emphasizes his sympathetic qualities to such an extent that he never even commits a single murder, with his misdeeds instead attributed to a mute, hunchbacked accomplice; at the opposite end of the spectrum, Robert Englund portrayed him as a sadistic servant of Satan—an irredeemable, unrepentant serial killer clad in a grotesque mask sculpted from the rotting flesh of his victims.

Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge stretches the premise to its breaking point, retaining only the most superficial elements of the book that inspired it. The conflict, at least, is familiar: a deformed homicidal maniac stalks the shadowy maintenance hallways and comically oversized ventilation ducts of a recently constructed shopping mall—and he is singularly obsessed with our beautiful heroine (mild mannered waitress Melody Austin, an adequate substitute for singer Christine Daaé—though the lead vocalist in a local garage band would probably have been a more appropriate analogue). That, however, is the source material’s sole contribution to the narrative; what remains is a rather generic, by the numbers, dime a dozen slasher flick—gory, sleazy, and utterly disposable.

Which isn’t to say that the movie is totally devoid of entertainment value; like Troll 2, The Room, and Miami Connection, its unintentionally absurd tone is sure to appeal to devoted connoisseurs of trash cinema. If nothing else, it's delightfully nostalgic: Sam Goody features prominently in the background of several shots, a pre-fame Pauly Shore performs an excruciatingly awkward striptease, and the excessively abundant action scenes contain enough roundhouse kicks to rival Chuck Norris' entire body of work.

And that is Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge in a nutshell: a misguided “modernization” that was hilariously dated from the very moment of its release.

[horrororman]

#FridayVibes with Joe Bob's Vicious Vegas Valentine 💔 Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge #shudder #thelastdrivein #mutantfam #horror #JoeBobBriggs #DarcytheMailGirl

[mattybeachjeans]

Phantom of the Mall (1989)

[pauliesshoredom]

Pt3 to this series XD

[Srry for photo quality lmao]

[schlock-luster-video]

On March 29, 2022, Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge was released on Blu-ray in India.

[strangelittlelad]

God bless Phantom of the Mall. Eric and his half-mullet and twirly karate. Not-Raoul just wanting his daily scoop. That one snake. Buzz.

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: A man loses his home and suffers life-threatening burns from a fire deliberately set by commercial real estate developers vying for his property. One year later, a shopping mall opens on the land, and a series of murders begins.

[barejunk]

day 36

Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)

[thistlemary]

Films I’ve watched during 2023 (13/?) » Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (dir. Richard Friedman; 1989) » First Watch » January 22nd, 2023

↳ A man loses his home and suffers life-threatening burns from a fire deliberately set by commercial real estate developers vying for his property. One year later, a shopping mall opens on the land, and a series of murders begins.

[thegothicalice]

I absolutely love your style and was wondering as a cinemaphile what obscure, off the wall horror movies would you suggest for the spooky season?

Uhhhh how about various levels of obscure from the 80s and 90s? (Not a complete lists because I’ve seen literally thousands of films and forget half of what I watch and use Letterboxd to keep track)

1999– Idle Hands, Don’t Look Under the Bed, Bats, Ravenous, In Dreams, Lighthouse, Stir of Echos, Audition, Kolobos

1998—The Last Broadcast, Devil in the Flesh, Whispering Corridors, Urban Legend, Shadowbuilder, The Eternal, The Quiet Family, Strangeland, Deep Rising, The Wisdom of Crocodiles, Tomie

1997– The Relic, The Ugly, Event Horizon, Cure, Wax Mask, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Quicksilver Highway, Office Killer, The Night Flier

1996– From Dusk til Dawn, Little Witches, Uncle Sam, The Frighteners, The Dentist, Karmina, Thesis, Tromeo & Juliet,

1995– Blood & Donuts, Screamers, Tales from the Hood, The Demolitionist, Mushrooms, The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, The Day of the Beast, Serpent’s Lair, Rumpelstiltskin, Mute Witness, Evil Ed, Project: Metalbeast, Habit, The Addiction, Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight, Lord of Illusions

1994– Tammy & the T Rex, In the Mouth of Madness, Lurking Fear, Cemetery Man, Death Machine, Brainscan, Nadja

1993– Love Bites, Doppelgänger, Necronomicon, Body Bags, Ed & His Dead Mother, Dark Waters, Skinner, Jack Be Nimble, Ticks, Carnosaur, The Temp

1992– Death Becomes Her, The Vagrant, Tale of a Vampire, The Unnameable II, Innocent Blood, Dr Giggles, Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies, Aswang, Sleepwalkers, Netherworld, Split Second

1991– The Resurrected, The Boneyard, Body Parts, Popcorn, Subspecies, There’s Nothing Out There, Highway to Hell, The Runestone, Cast a Deadly Spell, Children of the Night

1990– Frankenhooker, Fear, Nightbreed, Lisa, Mom, Grim Prairie Tales, Shakma, Pale Blood, Baby Blood, Mirror Mirror, Hardware, Meridian, Def by Temptation, The Vampire Family, Reflecting Skin, Demonia

1989– Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, Nightlife, I Madman, Dr. Caligari, The Black Cat, Paganini Horror, Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge, The Dead Pit, The Phantom of the Opera, Dead Calm, Intruder, The House of Usher

1988– Paperhouse, Spider Labyrinth, Spell Caster, Sorority Babes in the Slime-Bowl-O-Rama, Cellar Dweller, Pin, 976-EVIL, Brain Damage, Rejuvenatrix, Blood Relations, Party Line, The Unnamable, The Wicked

1987– Psychos in Love, Blood Rage, The Caller, Stagefright, Graveyard Shift, American Gothic, Street Trash, From a Whisper to a Scream, Blood Diner

1986– Spookies, Poison for the Fairies, Vamp, Gothic, Deadtime Stories, TerrorVision, Witchboard, Trick or Treat

1985– The Doctor and the Devils, Phenomena, The Stuff

1984– Decoder, The Company of Wolves, Monster Dog, Sole Survivor, Special Effects

1983– The Lift, Wilczyca (She Wolf), Eyes of Fire, House of Long Shadows, The Hunger, Angst, Curtains, Blood Beat, Mortuary, The Keep

1982– Ferat Vampire, Next of Kin, The Sender, Tenebre, One Dark Night, The Living Dead Girl, Superstition, Alone in the Dark, Parasite

1981– The Black Cat, Fear No Evil, Dead & Buried, Possession, Night School, The Monster Club, Allison’s Birthday, Frightmare, Ghost Story, The Funhouse, The Pit, Evilspeak, Strange Behavior, The Nesting

1980– Macabre, Fade to Black, The Ninth Configuration, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

These are all just what I’ve recorded on my personal Letterboxd since I started it in April of 2017, I’ve seen plenty more but tried to just pick possibly less-known stuff, some bad and some good.