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Waxwork (1988) -- A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world.

Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   2,332 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Anthony Hickox (writer)
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Release Date:
17 June 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Stop On By And Give Afterlife A Try. more
Plot:
A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
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(6 articles)
User Comments:
A Damn Good Episodic Gorefest more (56 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Zach Galligan ... Mark

Jennifer Bassey ... Mrs. Loftmore
Joe Baker ... Jenkins

Deborah Foreman ... Sarah

Michelle Johnson ... China
David Warner ... Waxwork Man
Eric Brown ... James

Clare Carey ... Gemma
Buckley Norris ... Lecturer

Dana Ashbrook ... Tony
Micah Grant ... Johnathan
Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros ... Hans (as Mihaly 'Michu' Mesza)
Jack David Walker ... Junior (as Jack David Warner)

John Rhys-Davies ... Werewolf
Nelson Welch ... Elderly Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Reise zurück in der Zeit (West Germany)
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Runtime:
95 min | 97 min (unrated version)
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Certification:
Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM14 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2009) (uncut) | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #29208) | West Germany:18 (cut)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
After the policeman visits the Waxwork with Mark, he realizes that many of the statues of the victims resemble missing people from posters he had seen. These posters are actually just copies of one of the posters from the opening credits of The Lost Boys (1987). All of the missing person posters have a single photo of a missing adult, but the posters all have the same information of two missing children on the poster: William G. Bailey 7-26-62 Sandy blond hair brown eyes Missing since August 6, 1979 (or 1973) Call the Santa Carla Police Department Susan Wilbur 5-30-69 Black Hair Blue Eyes Missing since February 6, 1983. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In an early scene, while a professor lectures about the Lithuanians falling to the Nazis, a phrase on the blackboard, very clearly seen, asks, "Facism Does It Work" It is spelled f-a-s-c-i-s-m. One wouldn't expect a college professor, who specializes in the subject, to make the common spelling error. more
Quotes:
Gemma: What's happening tonight, guys?
Tony: Nothing. I gave up drinking.
Sarah Brightman: The third time this month?
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Movie Connections:
References The Lost Boys (1987) more
Soundtrack:
It's My Party more

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What are the differences between the R-Rated cut and the Unrated version of the movie?
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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
A Damn Good Episodic Gorefest, 29 March 2004
8/10
Author: reverendtom from Santa Cruz, CA

There is something about episodic horror movies that I love. Maybe it harkens back to my youth, when I devoured the EC Horror Comics reprints. Something about each individual character having his or her own interesting death always has been a kick ass idea to me. This movie is great. Each character faces his/her own nasty (extremely gory) death scene in different "exhibits" in the wax museum. A darn good time and some seriously great gore FX! Loved it. 8/10

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