The Mid-Nightmare
Dec 20 1962
•2h 36m
•Drama, History, Horror
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.
Cast
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Zhao Lei
Sung Tan-ping
Betty Loh Ti
Li Shou-hsia
Paul Chang Chung
Sun Hsiao-ou
Fanny Fan Lai
Lu-di
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