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Waxwork (1988)

 -  Comedy | Fantasy | Horror  -  17 June 1988 (USA)
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A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world.

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A waxwork museum comes to town, and a mysterious man invites some teens to come to a special showing at midnight. Once inside, while viewing different exhibits, the scenes come alive and the viewer is sucked into the story being portrayed. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

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you can step inside the hall of horrors - but dare you pay the price? See more »

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Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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17 June 1988 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

A Passagem  »

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$808,114 (USA)
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Trivia

There were three characters that were supposed to be displays in the Waxwork, but left out of the film for legal reasons: Jason Vorhees from Friday the 13th, five children from Village of the Damned, and the Thing. See more »

Goofs

When China enters Dracula's dining room, from the front Dracula is sitting at the dining table. When it cuts to a back view on Dracula, however, he's standing instead. In the following side shot, Dracula is seated and then he stands up. See more »

Quotes

Mark Loftmore: One last thing before you kill us Lincoln!
Mr. Lincoln: You know my name?
Mark Loftmore: I should. You murdered my grandfather!
Mr. Lincoln: You're a Loftmore! Old horror lord's grandchild. Well, well, well, what a coincidence. It's such a small world!
Mark Loftmore: Well, then why do you want to end it?
Mr. Lincoln: Somebody has to.
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Dedicated to Hammer, Argento, Romero, Dante, Landis, Spielberg, Wells, Carpenter, Mom and Dad, and many more ... See more »

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References Crimes of Passion (1984) See more »

Soundtracks

"It's My Party"
by John Gluck, Herb Wiener, and Wally Gold
Performed by Lesley Gore
Courtesy of Polygram Special Projects
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More funny than scary...
5 December 1999 | by (Poland) – See all my reviews

This one is really enjoyable and fun to watch.I don't care that the story is a little bit silly;horror films are not supposed to be an art movies.What do we have here is a great galore of the famous monsters:werewolf,vampires(their leader Count Dracula is played by Miles"Silent Hunter"O'Keefe),mummy,Marquis De Sade,zombies,Jack the Ripper and even living hand(just like in "Evil dead 2").Special effects(Bob Keen)are good and there are also some nifty gore scenes.This flick isn't scary at all,there are only a few creepy scenes but it doesn't matter.Take your bowl of popcorn,invite your friends and enjoy.


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