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:
you can step inside the hall of horrors - but dare you pay the price? See more »Parents Guide:
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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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Hicox asked Bob Keen, the film's head of makeup design, for a Howling-like werewolf. See more »Goofs
Most "waxworks" move or blink their eyes. 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
At the end of the credits the song "It's my party" gets interrupted by sounds of boiling wax 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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WAXWORK is a really fun, well-done, stylish horror flick. It's not very serious for a horror movie but it's not a total horror-comedy either. It's loaded with cool monsters and famous horror villains (Werewolves, Vampires, Mummies, etc. etc. etc.) There was some other rad looking monsters/evil dudes I didn't recognize, but what was with that goofy @$$ African warrior mothaf#%ka? I watched the uncensored version and although it did have some really bloody parts (especially the vampire scene) I gotta admit i expected a bit more as far as gore. Even so it's still a very good monster flick. If it woulda been a little bloodier and gorier it probably would have received a 9 out of 10 and maybe even a solid 10. I'd recommend this one to not only fans of cheesy '80s horror like myself but any horror fans, just don't expect it to be hella serious.