The Phantom of the Opera detective mystery entitled "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" in 1907, and four years later he published "Le Fantôme de l’Opéra". The novel was first published within newspapers before finally being published as a novel in 1911. The setting of "The Phantom of the Opera" came from an actual Paris opera house that Leroux had heard the rumors about from the time the opera house was finished. The details about the Palais Garnier, and rumors surrounding it, are closely linked in Leroux's writing. The underground water tank that he wrote about is accurate to this opera house, and it is
Phantom of the Paradise movie which they saw together more than 20 times was "Phantom of the Paradise", Brian De Palma's 1974 rock musical, based loosely around "Phantom of the Opera" (both this and "Electroma" feature 'a hero with a black leather outfit and a helmet')." The electrocution scene in "Romeo's Distress" was created in tribute to Beef's death on stage. Phantom of the Paradise Phantom of the Paradise is a 1974 American musical rock opera horror comedy film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and scored by and starring Paul Williams. In the film, a disfigured composer writes his music for a