Song at Midnight

Song at Midnight simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin Y bn g shng also known as Singing at Midnight or literally Voice of Midnight is a 1937 film directed by MaXu Weibang. Often referred to as the first Chinese horror film, Song at Midnight is a remakeadaptation of Gaston Lerouxs Phantom of the Opera, though the film injects a significant political subplot involving the leftist revolutionary movement to the original story.

Today the film is well regarded, and was named as one of the best 100 Chinese films by both the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2005, and by Asia Weekly in 1999.Song at Midnight has also been remade twice. The first remake, translated as The MidNightmare is a twoparter by Hong Kong director, Yuan Qiuxia, released in 1962 part I and 1963 part II. It stars Betty Loh Ti and Lao Zhei. In 1995, Song at Midnight was remade, this time as The Phantom Lover by Ronny Yu, with Leslie Cheung in the role of Song Danping. ........

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