A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world.
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Anthony HickoxWriter:
Anthony Hickox
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Zach Galligan | ... | Mark | |
| Jennifer Bassey | ... | Mrs. Loftmore | |
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Joe Baker | ... | Jenkins |
| Deborah Foreman | ... | Sarah | |
| Michelle Johnson | ... | China | |
| David Warner | ... | David Lincoln - Waxwork Man | |
| Eric Brown | ... | James | |
| Clare Carey | ... | Gemma | |
| Buckley Norris | ... | Lecturer | |
| Dana Ashbrook | ... | Tony | |
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Micah Grant | ... | Johnathan |
| Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros | ... | Hans (as Mihaly 'Michu' Mesza) | |
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Jack David Walker | ... | Junior (as Jack David Warner) |
| John Rhys-Davies | ... | Werewolf | |
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Nelson Welch | ... | Elderly Man |
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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>
Plot Keywords:
reference to the phantom of the opera | creepy waxworks | marquis de sade | reference to marquis de sade | reference to the marquis de sade |Taglines:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 June 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Waxwork See more »Filming Locations:
Higgins-Verbeck-Hirsch Mansion - 637 South Lucerne Boulevard, Windsor Square, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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$808,114Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Mrs. Loftmore: Darling.
Mark Loftmore: Hmm?
Mrs. Loftmore: I hear you were having drinks with the butler the other night. Now, you know that sort of thing leads to anarchy.
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(uncredited)
Written by Louis Prima
Performed by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Date of recording: January 16, 1938
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The guy who gets ripped in half by the werewolf is played by Hickox's brother. See more »Goofs
(at around 52 mins) When Sarah is in Mark's attic, she looks at a book of the Marquis de Sade in a trunk and it glows with white light. When Sarah looks up, hypnotized by the book when it glows, her left hand runs up to the top of her dress. However, in the very next shot, Sarah's left hand is suddenly down and it runs up to the top of her dress all over again. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mrs. Loftmore: Darling.
Mark Loftmore: Hmm?
Mrs. Loftmore: I hear you were having drinks with the butler the other night. Now, you know that sort of thing leads to anarchy.
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Crazy Credits
Dedicated to Hammer, Argento, Romero, Dante, Landis, Spielberg, Wells, Carpenter, Mom and Dad, and many more ... See more »Alternate Versions
All UK versions feature the unrated version though 34 secs of cuts were applied to the cinema and video versions to reduce the whipping of Sarah and remove a dialogue reference to her first orgasm being due to the Marquis's whipping of her. The cuts were waived for the 2001 Columbia release. See more »Soundtracks
Sing Sing Sing(uncredited)
Written by Louis Prima
Performed by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Date of recording: January 16, 1938
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I was quite impressed with this movie, which I have just watched for the first time. It pays tribute to a lot of the old Universal and Hammer movies from the 1930's to the 1970's. It is very similar to House of Wax, which starred Vincent Price.
A group of students are invited to a 'showing' at the local wax museum, little knowing the owner wants them killed for his display. Each display contains monsters from the classic horror films, including the Wolf Man, the Mummy, Dracula and other vampires, the Phantom of the Opera, Jack the Ripper and some zombies and walking dead. This movie also includes a dwarf to complete the picture. When the owner has all his victims, fighting starts between all sorts of monsters and ghouls and local OAP's! This is probably the best part of the movie. The museum burns down at the end, but the two main characters survive.
The movie has a good cast, which includes Zach Galligan from the Gremlins movies and a trio of well known British stars: David Warner (Time Bandits, Titanic), Patrick Macnee (The Avengers, A View To A Kill) and John Rhys-Davies (Raiders Of The Lost Ark). Warner plays a great part as the owner of the wax museum.
If you are a fan of the old Universal and Hammer horror movies, you will enjoy this.
Rating: 3 stars out of 5.