When Brooke gets the lead in a school play about a Phantom, she is thrilled . . . until the nightmares begin. At school, there is talk of a real Phantom who has haunted the auditorium for years. Brooke tries to laugh it off. But when haunting messages appear on set, a trap door is discovered on stage, and a piece of scenery comes crashing down
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00:30You will beware, you're in for a scare.
00:57There's no doubt in my mind.
01:12Come with me to darkness.
01:25There's no doubt in my mind.
01:43Way to go, Brooke. Esmeralda's a way cool pirate.
01:46Thanks, Cory.
01:47What's wrong? You don't seem too excited.
01:49I'd be careful if I were you.
01:51Yeah, Brooke. Tina's your understudy.
01:53I'd poison you so she can play the lead.
01:55She'd never do that.
01:56Throw me down a flight of stairs?
01:58Maybe.
01:59Real funny. I wouldn't want the lead.
02:01Haven't you heard? This play is cursed.
02:03Did you cast a spell on it?
02:05What are you talking about, Tina?
02:07I'm serious. My grandfather told me about it.
02:09He went to this school 72 years ago.
02:11And you want to know the weird thing?
02:13He hasn't graduated yet.
02:16Fine. Forget it.
02:19Come on, Tina. Tell us.
02:21It all started the year the school was built.
02:25The drama club was putting on the same play we are.
02:28The night of the play,
02:30the boy who was supposed to play the phantom disappeared.
02:33They searched everywhere.
02:35His parents were freaking out.
02:37They called the police.
02:39But they never found the body.
02:42A year later, when they tried to put on the play again,
02:45a ghost appeared on stage.
02:47Come with me.
03:03Esmeralda, I've come for you.
03:06Can I borrow some lunch money?
03:08Phantom, you already owe me $10.
03:10I hope you starve.
03:12What's all the noise?
03:15Speak, Matthews.
03:17Take off that mask, please.
03:19Get into the character.
03:22There will be no more visits from the phantom
03:24unless it's in the play.
03:26I mean it.
03:27We shouldn't be doing this play, Miss Walker.
03:29My grandfather said...
03:30I don't want to hear that old story, Tina.
03:32The only haunting we need to be concerned about right now
03:35is the one that's in this play.
03:37Let's go through the show.
03:38Cory, you are Carlo.
03:40You are Esmeralda's father.
03:42Hi, Dad.
03:43You own a theater and you think it's haunted.
03:45Zeke.
03:46I'm the phantom who lives in the basement.
03:48Right, and you are secretly in love
03:50with the theater owner's daughter, Esmeralda.
03:52Do I have to be?
03:54Now, Esmeralda, the phantom kidnaps you.
03:56Then how come I stay in love with him?
03:58Oh, because you're attracted to his mystery.
04:00But your boyfriend finds out about it,
04:02he kills him, and that breaks your heart.
04:04And the phantom was known as a ghost,
04:06haunting the theater forever.
04:08Which is what's gonna happen if we do this play.
04:10Tina.
04:11Uh, Mrs. Walker.
04:12Not now, Cory.
04:13Maybe the phantom will kidnap Esmeralda again, huh, Brookie?
04:16Uh, Mrs. Walker.
04:18Uh, Mrs. Walker!
04:20Cory!
04:22A trap door.
04:24He must have accidentally pressed the switch.
04:26Awesome.
04:30I don't want anybody else going down there.
04:32This trap door has not been used in years
04:34and the maintenance men are still working on it.
04:37Come...
04:39to eternal darkness.
04:44What's it doing here?
04:46Oh, well, the school had it built
04:48for the first production of the phantom.
04:50Let me try.
04:51No!
04:52Not until I know it's entirely safe.
04:54Is that clear?
04:55Zeke?
04:57Yeah, sure, sure.
05:01All right, now let's talk character.
05:03I asked you all to bring in
05:05a history of your characters
05:07when they were born and how many...
05:09Come on, kids.
05:14Psst, Brook.
05:18Brook, come on, let's try this thing.
05:20Listen, Zeke, this trap door,
05:22I dreamt about it last night.
05:24I've never seen it before.
05:26Maybe the haunting has begun.
05:28I just think it was kind of weird.
05:30Life is weird and it's about to get weirder.
05:32Coming?
05:34Well, the train's leaving.
05:40Whoa!
06:05Oh!
06:08My glasses!
06:11Zeke, I can't find my glasses!
06:16Zeke, are you okay?
06:19Don't get around.
06:23Are you hiding?
06:25Oh, where are you?
06:28Where are you?
06:34Zeke!
06:39Zeke!
06:41Looking for these?
06:43That's not funny!
06:45Ow, cool it.
06:47You cool it. Where are we?
06:49I don't know.
06:51We're not in the basement.
06:53We're way below the basement.
06:55What's here?
06:57Maybe this is where the Phantom brings Esmeralda
06:59after a long day of haunting.
07:01Let's go back.
07:11Bad news, Esmeralda.
07:13Can't find the switch.
07:15We may be down here all night.
07:17There has to be a switch.
07:20The trap door! It's going up!
07:22Jump on!
07:24Gotcha!
07:26Thanks.
07:37It stopped.
07:39Give me a boost.
07:46Zeke!
07:48Come on, help me up!
07:50Zeke!
07:52What are you doing?
07:56Who are you?
07:58Emil, the night janitor.
08:01What are you doing here?
08:03School's closed.
08:05We had a late rehearsal.
08:07How do you know about the trap door?
08:10Miss Walker showed it to us.
08:12Didn't she tell you how dangerous it is?
08:15Stay away.
08:17Stay away!
08:19Yes.
08:21I knew we shouldn't have gone down there.
08:24Stay away!
08:37Excuse me.
08:39You're in my seat.
08:43You're red.
08:45Guess it doesn't really matter.
08:47First day?
08:49Brooke Rogers.
08:51Brian Coulson.
08:53You're in the Phantom, right?
08:55Yes.
08:57I play the tragic heroine.
08:59What do you think?
09:01I think you're perfect.
09:03I was in all the plays.
09:05Wish I could have tried for this one.
09:07You can help me with the scenery.
09:09Brian, Tina, Tina, Brian.
09:11I forgot my script.
09:13Be right back.
09:15Hi.
09:19Hi.
09:37Stay away from my home sweet home, Esmeralda.
09:42Shouldn't you be in drama class, Miss Rogers?
09:45Just getting my script, Mr. Levy.
09:55Nice try, but it didn't work.
09:57Huh?
09:59Your mask.
10:01What are you talking about?
10:03I didn't write that.
10:05Then who did?
10:07The Phantom.
10:09The Phantom?
10:11It's obvious.
10:27No! No!
10:33Not bad.
10:39Not bad.
10:51Come on, Brooke.
11:01So does this mean you like my costume?
11:03I should have known, you jerk.
11:05Hey, I was just playing around.
11:07This Phantom stuff's starting to get to you, Brooke.
11:09Aren't you even going to tell me how good I look?
11:11Come on, let's rehearse.
11:17Phantom, are you there?
11:19Please, Phantom, come to me.
11:21Learned your lines yet, Brooke?
11:23Most of them.
11:25Remember, this play is cursed.
11:27Be careful.
11:29Brian, if you're done painting that stage,
11:31I'm going to have to call you.
11:33If you're done painting that stage,
11:35you can start on the flats.
11:37Aren't you glad you moved here?
11:39I'm just happy to be part of the production.
11:41Brooke, let's rehearse the argument
11:43with your father.
11:45Break a leg, Brooke, as they say.
11:47Brooke?
11:59Go to your room, Esmeralda.
12:01I will not lose my daughter to a monster.
12:03But father, I love him.
12:09Look, up there, on the catwalk!
12:25Go away, Esmeralda.
12:27I'm warning you.
12:29Go away.
12:41Look out!
12:45Brooke?
12:47Honey?
12:51Last warning, stay away, Esmeralda, or else.
12:55I don't like this.
12:57Hi.
12:59Sorry I'm late.
13:01You have gone too far this time, Zeke.
13:03Huh?
13:05You know what I'm talking about,
13:07trying to scare everybody.
13:09Well, I'm sick of it.
13:11No way, I wasn't even here.
13:13I had a dentist appointment.
13:15Honest?
13:17Ask my mom.
13:19What a mess.
13:21Hey, this paint leaves a trail.
13:23Let's follow it.
13:25We're gonna get to the bottom of this.
13:27I want the truth.
13:29I can't believe anyone could be so stupid.
13:31Zeke!
13:33Is this your locker, Zeke?
13:35Brooke, I'm telling you, I don't know what's going on.
13:37Open it.
13:39This is nuts, man.
13:43What?
13:45Zeke?
13:47It's not mine.
13:49Get the janitor, Zeke.
13:51Somebody's gonna have to clean up this mess.
13:53It's not mine.
13:55Now.
13:57He wouldn't do this, really, Miss Walker.
13:59I'm calling your parents, Zeke.
14:01You're out of the play.
14:03And if anything else happens,
14:05I'm canceling the production.
14:11Maybe we shouldn't be doing this play.
14:13You really think it's haunted?
14:15You really didn't do it?
14:17It's not me.
14:19If you didn't do it, then who did?
14:21What about Tina?
14:23Tina doesn't have the guts.
14:25We better figure this out before somebody gets hurt.
14:27Mr. Johnson, there's a big mess in the auditorium.
14:29Can you help us clean it up?
14:31It's gonna wait till morning.
14:33Can't the night guy do it later?
14:35Night guy? What night guy?
14:37Emil, the night janitor.
14:39Night janitor? There's no night janitor.
14:47I knew that weirdo wasn't a janitor.
14:49I don't know about this.
14:51Maybe we should call the cops.
14:53No, we can't. If the cops come around here,
14:55Miss Walker will cancel the play for sure.
14:57You can't go, Brooke.
14:59The note, the backdrop, the phantom wants Esmeralda.
15:01That's you. Maybe a dream was a warning.
15:03If the situation was reversed, would you go?
15:05I don't think they'd let me play Esmeralda.
15:07I'm going.
15:19He's down here, you guys. I know it.
15:21But what if he's a...
15:23If what?
15:25What if Emil's a ghost?
15:27I don't believe in ghosts.
15:29It's going back up.
15:31What do we do?
15:33Now what?
15:35We've got no choice.
15:37Come on.
15:39Come on.
15:41Come on.
15:43Come on.
15:45Come on.
15:47We've got no choice. Come on.
15:51This place is too creepy.
15:53I don't like this.
15:59It's just too weird.
16:01Nobody can live down here.
16:03It's disgusting.
16:05Look. Something's there.
16:07Let's go.
16:17Come on.
16:23Somebody lives here.
16:37Why didn't you listen to me?
16:39The phantom!
16:41I told you to stay away.
16:43You should have listened to me.
16:45Run for it!
16:53Run!
16:57Let go!
16:59You should have listened to me.
17:03Emil! Come on!
17:05Go!
17:09Who's there?
17:11Mr. Levy?
17:15Come on.
17:25Thank you, officer.
17:29Well, it looks like that Emil character got away,
17:33but we found a hat and this old mask down there,
17:37and the officer thinks that he was a homeless man
17:39who was living underneath the stage.
17:41That's why he gave us those warnings,
17:43but you kids didn't use the best judgment.
17:45If we didn't have a staff meeting tonight,
17:47you might have been stuck down there.
17:49We're sorry.
17:51Well, I'm sorry too, Zeke, because I was wrong about you.
17:53Does this mean Zeke's back in the play?
17:55I suppose it does.
17:57The phantom lives!
18:03Phantom! Are you there, phantom?
18:05Relax. Don't be nervous.
18:09Phantom! Are you there, phantom?
18:11Okay, here we go.
18:13Please, phantom, come to me!
18:15Come on! Come on! Let's go!
18:17I hate this chance!
18:19Where are you?
18:21What's wrong with this?
18:23Phantom!
18:25Where are you?
18:27Phantom!
18:39We are together at last!
18:41I've dreamt of this moment for so long!
18:43So have I, Esmeralda.
18:45So have I.
18:47Not so rough, Zeke!
18:51Fair Esmeralda,
18:53I have lived under this theater for more than 70 years.
18:55For 70 years, I was to play the phantom
18:57on this very stage.
18:59It was to be the greatest night of my life.
19:03But it was not to be.
19:05For one hour before the curtain was to rise,
19:09I fell into the abyss
19:13where I became a real phantom.
19:17Hoping, waiting
19:19for this night
19:21where I would finally play
19:23my ultimate role.
19:27And you, Esmeralda,
19:29come with me
19:31to eternal darkness.
19:33Never!
19:35No!
19:37No!
19:47Come on, everybody!
19:49On stage! On stage, everyone!
19:51Everyone broke!
19:53That was marvelous!
19:55Just marvelous!
19:57Oh, and Corey!
19:59Oh, weren't you sensational!
20:01Where's Zeke?
20:03Oh, of course!
20:07I don't know where those lines came from,
20:09but they were brilliant!
20:11Oh, curtain call!
20:13Are you okay?
20:15Something hit me.
20:17Where did this come from?
20:19I don't know.
20:21What's going on here?
20:25Come on, let's go.
20:35Hup! Hup!
20:37Ready, and...
20:45Come on, everybody! Your parents will want autographs!
20:47He was here, Zeke!
20:49The phantom, he was here!
20:51What do you mean, he was here?
20:53He got what he wanted, to play phantom on stage
20:55after 72 years. Then he died all over again.
20:57Tina was right!
20:59Who died? What are you talking about?
21:01Look!
21:03The phantom to be performed this spring.
21:05We know it never was, until now.
21:07And there's the boy who was supposed to play
21:09the phantom in 1923.
21:11That's the boy who disappeared.
21:13Oh, man, I don't believe it.
21:15What? It's Brian!
21:17Brian Coulson!
21:45Oh, man.