A grotesquely disfigured composer known as"The Phantom" haunts Paris' animation house, where he's covertly dressing Christine Daae to be an opera diva. Luring her to his underground lair that is remote, The Phantom declares his loveaffair. But Christine loves Raoul de Chagny and intends to elope with him. He abducts Christine when that is learnt by The Phantom.