Song at Midnight

Original title: Ye ban ge sheng

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China's first horror film, this is loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera. A disfigured musical genius roams a traditional Chinese opera house, punishing those who offend him.China's first horror film, this is loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera. A disfigured musical genius roams a traditional Chinese opera house, punishing those who offend him.China's first horror film, this is loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera. A disfigured musical genius roams a traditional Chinese opera house, punishing those who offend him.

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6.1/10

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Trivia
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Quotes
Sun: Younger sister Xia, see the day is quickly bright, brightness will come.

Connections
Featured in Century of Cinema: Naamsaang-neuiseung (1996)

Soundtracks
Night on Bald Mountain
Written by Modest Mussorgsky

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Better than earlier flicks but underrated

The literal translation of the title of this movie is: the Song at the Midnight.

This horror flick in the early Chinese movie industry made in the pre-revolutionary era China was better than the earlier silent horror flicks made in China in the 1920's, and like its predecessor, it is rather rare.

Like its predecessor, this Chinese horror flicks made a decade later than the silent horror flicks in the 1920's did not do well in the box office because when it was released, there was something much more horrible in real life: China was at War.