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Waxwork (1988) 6.2
A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world. Director:Anthony HickoxWriter:Anthony Hickox |
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Cast
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Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros | ... |
Hans
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Jack David Walker | ... |
Junior
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Storyline
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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lashing | reference to the phantom of the opera | creepy waxworks | characters killed one by one | wax statue |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:
A Passagem See more »Box Office
Gross:
$808,114 (USA)Company Credits
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Mark Loftmore: I'm sorry, I was never very good at languages.
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Performed by Lesley Gore
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects a division of PolyGram Records, Inc
Written by John Gluck (uncredited), Herb Wiener (uncredited) and Wally Gold (uncredited)
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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 (1980), five children from Village of the Damned (1960), and the Thing. See more »Goofs
While Inspector Roberts is examining China, shots alternate between those of the actual actress and an obvious fake model. See more »Quotes
[Mark is threatened by an armed French guard]Mark Loftmore: I'm sorry, I was never very good at languages.
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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 »Soundtracks
It's My PartyPerformed by Lesley Gore
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects a division of PolyGram Records, Inc
Written by John Gluck (uncredited), Herb Wiener (uncredited) and Wally Gold (uncredited)
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This is about an eerie waxwork museum run by a strange man (played by David Warner--so you KNOW he's VERY strange :)). Mark (Zach Galligan), his girlfriend China (Michelle Johnson) and best friends Tony (Dana Ashbrook) and Sarah (Deborah Foreman) go check it out. Tony is drawn into a waxwork and gets killed by the wolf man; China gets drawn into another and is killed by Dracula. Mark and Sarah don't see it happen but realize something is going on. They go to the police for help but the police officer is ALSO pulled into a waxwork and killed by a mummy. Then Sarah gets pulled in to face the Marquis de Sade and Mark is pulled in to face the living dead...
As you can tell this is a VERY strange movie. It's well-directed, beautifully atmospheric with some gorgeous sets and a wonderful music score. There's also a neat, truly scary black & white sequence. And there's TONS of blood and gore. But I didn't really like it. The script is silly (especially in the explanation of what's going on); this is actually a horror comedy--but the comedy is painfully unfunny and the horror too explicit to laugh at; the acting is TERRIBLE (Galligan is the worst offender) and they cast Miles O'Keeffe as Dracula!!!! Even worse his voice is dubbed--and looks it. Basically the violence, gore, special effects, score and settings are great--everything else blows. It's really too bad--this film does have potential but it doesn't have the talent to carry it out.
I saw two versions of this--the R rated and the unrated. The R rated is bloody but the unrated is just unbelievable. There's a LOT more blood and violence (especially in the Dracula sequence). There is a sequence where blood is literally covering the walls! If you really want to see this the unrated is the one to see.