Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has confirmed that it plans to bring to Blu-ray Brian De Palma's cult comedy
Phantom of the Paradise (1974), starring Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli, and Gerrit Graham. The release is expected to arrive on the U.S. market in summer 2014.
Brian De Palma's glam rock version of the famous
Phantom of the Opera story stars singer-songwriter Paul Williams as Swan, a music business tycoon who steals the work of talented composer Winslow Leach (Finley), along with his girlfriend Phoenix (Harper). Leach plans to get revenge, but his plans soon go horribly wrong and he ends up with a terrible facial disfigurement. Assuming a mask to hide his injuries and his identity, Leach's next move is to sign a pact with a Swan to write a rock opera version of 'Faust'.