Phantom of The Opera Lon Chaney

In 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera arrived on the West End stage at Her Majesty's Theatre. Fast forward 25 years and Phantom has achieved global success, millions of viewers, a film adaptation in 2004 and a musical sequel.

Alfonso (Del Campo), Eduardo (Villatoro) and Eduardo's wife Cristina (Ruel) get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.

Today, biblical archaeologists and scholars rub shoulders with scientists. They're all scouring the globe for the most elusive and controversial goal in biblical research, to find out whether or not the stories of the Bible are based on real events.

So far, hundreds of experts have spent their entire life trying to decrypt the history of Paris. Lots of stories and rumors have remained unproved. Paris has been keeping its mysteries for centuries. Some arouse fascination and others spark fantasy. Facts, similarities and reliable witnesses, prove the occurrence of these events. In the coming 6 episodes, scientific and historical investigations are going to unveil the darkest secrets of the City of Lights. Here is the city of Paris like you have never seen it before.

Mark Kermode continues his fresh and very personal look at the art of cinema by examining the techniques and conventions behind classic film genres, uncovering the ingredients that keep audiences coming back for more. Mark turns to horror and shows how film-makers have devilishly deployed a range of cinematic tricks to exploit our deepest, darkest and most elemental fears. He explores the recurring elements of horror, including the journey, the jump scare, the scary place, the monster and the chase.

Famed for his hit musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera and Joseph the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is less well-known as a collector of art. But in this film he will reveal his passion for the Pre-Raphaelites as he shows us some of the best examples of this period from around the country, as well as selected works from his own collection.