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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:
More Fun Than a Barrel of Mummies See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 June 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Passagem 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:
$808,114Company Credits
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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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Written by Wally Gold (uncredited), John Gluck (uncredited), Herbert Weiner (as Herb Weiner) (uncredited) and Seymour Gottlieb (uncredited)
Performed by Lesley Gore
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects a division of PolyGram Records, Inc
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Zach Galligan's character name, Mark Loftmore, was chosen because it sounded "very rich." 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
At the end of the credits the song "It's my party" gets interrupted by sounds of boiling wax See more »Alternate Versions
Available in both R and unrated versions. See more »Soundtracks
It's My PartyWritten by Wally Gold (uncredited), John Gluck (uncredited), Herbert Weiner (as Herb Weiner) (uncredited) and Seymour Gottlieb (uncredited)
Performed by Lesley Gore
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects a division of PolyGram Records, Inc
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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