"Il fantasma dell'opera" • a Gory adaptation of classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House. Dario Argento directs from the screenplay by Gérard Brach and Argento; Based on the 1909-1910 Pierre Laie novel by Gaston Leroux. from Medusa Emotion Pictures. 1999 English Adaptation written by Giorgina Caspari. Approved/classified VM14 U.S. limited: 6/18/99 • Not Rated [in general, including its Director's Cut]/Theatrical [#37029]: rated R for violence/gore; and for sexuality.