After the tremendous popular success of the Fantômas novels, both of the major French film studios — Pathé and Gaumont — vied for the rights to produce films based on the series. Gaumont won, and from April 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuillade directed five Fantômas films which critic David Thomson has described as "the first great movie experience."
《方托马斯》的单集片长98分钟,共有2062人给本片的评分为8.6,整体还不错,看过《方托马斯》的网友给它打上的标签是剧情。