E lana ana ʻo Erique Claudin i loko o ke kai ʻeleʻele o kahi ola mehameha, e ulu makua ana, e nāwaliwali ana. ʻO kāna mau kukuna kukui wale nō kona makemake nui i ka mele a me ka mālama e hāʻawi ai i kahi hōkū ʻōpio ʻōpio e piʻi aʻe ana ma Paris Opera, ʻo Christine DuBois. Akā i loko o kekahi pōpilikia pilikino ma hope o kekahi, hāʻule ke ola o Erique, a ua hoʻokau ʻia ʻo ia i ka huhū a me ka pepehi kanaka. Pēlā ka pōʻino ma ka puʻuwai o ka mana 1943 o Gaston Leroux's Pōʻani o ka Opera.

ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻāpana media e pili ana i ka moʻolelo maʻamau o ka spook ma lalo o ka Hale Opera ʻo Paris e pili ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni leo ʻole a Lon Chaney a i ʻole ke mele mele Andrew Lloyd Webber kahiko. Ma waena o nā kū ʻelua ua lawe ʻia kēia mea hoʻowahāwahā ʻia i ka moʻolelo, e hōʻike nei i ka Phantom i kahi mālamalama aloha nui aʻe. E like me Erique, pā ʻo Claude Rains i nā memo kūpono a pau o ka melankoli a me ka hoʻoweliweli. He mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Erique no ka Paris Opera, akā ua ulu ʻo ia i kahi ʻano arthritic i kona lima hema i hopena i kāna pāʻani ʻana. Ua ʻike ka mea alakaʻi, a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Erique ma hope o ka hala ʻana o iwakālua mau makahiki me ka Opera. I mea eʻoi aku ai ka maikaʻi, hoʻohana ʻo ia i kāna uku e uku inoa ʻole no kā Christine mele mele, a i kēia manawa me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka uku paʻa ʻaʻole hiki iā Christine ke hoʻomau iā lākou. Akā he papaʻa kākoʻo kā Erique-ʻo ka ʻahamele āna i kākau ai, kahi āna i hilinaʻi ai e paʻi ʻia a hāʻawi iā ia i lā uku nui. Lawe ʻo Erique i kāna mele i ka mea paʻi kūloko, Playel & Desjardin, a hāʻawi iā ia. ʻO ka helehelena i kona alo ke kali nei ʻo ia no ka pane e loli ana. Ke lawa ʻo ia e kali nei, lele ʻo ia i lalo e ʻike iā Playel iā ia iho. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Playel iā Erique, a ʻike ʻole a mālama ʻole i ka mea i hana ʻia i kāna ʻahamele, e kuhi ana ua kiola ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpala. Kaumaha, hoʻomākaukau ʻo Erique e haʻalele ke lohe ʻo ia i kahi mele kamaʻāina mai kahi o ka hale. ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ʻo Franz Liszt e hoʻokani nei i kāna mele ma kahi lumi ʻē aʻe. ʻO Liszt a me ke kāne e kū pū ana me ia e ʻōlelo ana e pili ana i ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o kēia ʻāpana, e ʻōlelo ana he ʻoiaʻiʻo e paʻi ʻia. Minamina, ʻaʻole ʻo Erique i ko lākou alo, a no ka pili ʻawa me Playel, manaʻo ʻo ia ke ʻaihue nei ka mea paʻi i kāna mele. Paʻi ʻo ia, ʻokiʻoki iā Playel, a pīpī ʻia i ka maka me ka waikawa engraving e ko Playel mea kōkua. Holo ʻo Erique i ka hale me ka ʻehaʻeha a, me ka mākaʻi e alualu ai, loaʻa ka puʻuhonua i nā kauhale kūlanakauhale. Ma hope o kaʻaihue ʻana i kahi ʻahuʻula a me kahi pale maka e hūnā ai i kona helehelena i puhi ʻia i ka acid, hoʻomaka ʻo Erique i kāna haunt o ka Paris Opera House ma ke ʻano he Phantom. Hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia e hana i nā mea āpau e ʻike ai i kāna kaikamahine e kūleʻa, ʻoiai inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka make a me ka luku i ka poʻe kū i ko lākou ala.

ʻAe, pololei kēlā — ʻO Christine ke kaikamahine a Erique i kēia manawa. He hoihoi kona i kāna ʻoihana, a ʻaʻole ia no ka mea e hele ana ʻo ia i kahi ulia pōpilikia ma ke kolo ʻana i kahi wahine uʻi maikaʻi. ʻO ia no kona makuakāne nalowale lōʻihi, a ua hewa ʻo ia no ka haʻalele ʻana iā ia i nā makahiki i hala. ʻO ka uku ʻana i nā haʻawina mele a Christine a me ka nānā ʻana iā ia mai ka lua orchestra ke ala a Erique e hoʻāʻo ai e hana iā ia. He aloha makua kāne, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia ʻike iā ia. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hōʻike akāka ʻia i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ua hōʻoia ʻia ma nā keu DVD me ke kumu o ko lākou pilina, a kahi ʻāpana e wehewehe ana ua ʻoki loa ʻia. Akā mau nā kuhi i loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻO kahi laʻana, hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻahamele a Erique e pili ana i ke mele a kekahi o kāna mau mea leʻaleʻa punahele, a ua ʻike ʻo Christine ma hope mai kona wā kamaliʻi ke hoʻokani ʻia ka ʻaha mele ma ka hopena o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Hoʻoikaika kēia makuakāne-kaikamahine i ka pōʻino o ka hina ʻana o Erique, a hōʻemi loa ia i ke kaumaha. No ka hohonu e like me ka pilina ma waena o Erique a me Christine e hāʻawi ai i ka hana, hāʻule ke kiʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa ke kahi baritone i kapa ʻia ʻo Anatole a me kahi luna loiloi i kapa ʻia ʻo Raoul e ʻimi i kahi kōkua komikina me kā lākou hoʻāʻo e hoʻohihi i ka puʻuwai o Christine. Hōʻalo nā hiʻohiʻona i ke kani koʻikoʻi o ka moʻolelo a me ka makemake ʻole, a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka manawa i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻonui i ka ola weliweli o Erique i nā catacombs.

I nā ʻano he nui, ʻaʻole kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli maʻamau, ʻoiai ʻo Universal Studios kuai ʻo ia ma ke ʻāpana o kā lākou Monster Monster Collection. ʻOiai he pepehi kanaka a me ka huhū, ka weliweli maoli mai ka ʻike ʻana i kahi kāne manaʻo maikaʻi i haki loa ʻia e nā hanana a puni ʻo ia, e hoʻouna ana iā ia i loko o nā lua i ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo. Makaʻu mākou i ka Phantom, akā aloha mākou i ke kāne. ʻAʻole hana mau nā kolohe aloha i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli, akā ʻo Erique Claudin kahi mea ʻehaʻeha.