
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaWaxwork is certainly no hidden horror gem, but its flashes of wit and genuine enthusiasm for the horror genre are enough to make it a reasonably enjoyable time. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonHickox, the son of Douglas (Theatre of Blood) Hickox, shows a derivative, choppy, jagged style in his feature debut. He makes an uneasy stew of this mix of hip, flip teen-slasher gore and movie-buff aestheticism, of callous black humor and smarmy sentimentality. There’s a big problem here: too much waxy buildup. |
| User ReviewMartin AA wonderful camp 80s horror movie where the owner of a museum who has sold his soul to the devil must kill people to bring all of the monsters and killers from hell to earth. Those that cross into exhibits end up being the victim in the display at the museum, great vintage horror, |
| User ReviewRodney EIf there were ever a movie that I really wish could have spawned more than just one sequel this is right up there on top of the list. One of the first horror movies I ever saw and loved, by no means a movie that anyone has to like but me, I just love this movie! |
| User ReviewVince KWaxwork is totally fucking killer. It had everything - werewolves, vampires, zombies, mummies, and even the Marquis De Sade. It had a cool premise where going beyond the rope of a wax museum display took you directly to the scene, for real. The owner gained immortality by making a deal with the devil, and needs 18 victims to unleash hell on earth! (There was some mumbojumbo about 18 being divided by 3, which is 6. 666, get it? Yeah, awesome!) The cast was led by Gremlins star Zach Galligan, who unfortunately didn't continue his rise to fame after this masterpiece. It's sad, because even though he was a bad actor, he was in Gremlins for fuckssakes! Give the guy an Academy Award please! (But by that logic Corey Feldman deserves one too, so nevermind.) The special effects are better than anything you've seen in Avatar. When a werewolf tears somebody in half from the head downwards, it looks like a work of art. It's so terrible it's so fucking cool, you know? You can tell somebody put a lot of effort into that! What else? Oh, this was directed by Anthony Hickox. This guy's movie is so killer it makes Anthony Hitchcock looks like a big piece of shit. I don't remember someone being ripped in half in one of HIS movies. Waxwork > Every movie ever made. Also - the Hostel: Part II skeletonized leg flesh-eating scene was stolen directly from this. Oooh, yeah! |
| User ReviewLyndell Cwatched this last night with Kryssie. Not sure what she thought of it but its still one of my favorites. |
| User ReviewJoseph CIf there were ever a movie that I really wish could have spawned more than just one sequel this is right up there on top of the list. One of the first horror movies I ever saw and loved, by no means a movie that anyone has to like but me, I just love this movie! |
| User Reviewadrian pscared the crap out of me when i was a little kid |
| User ReviewHillaryLoved this movie. For an 80's horror flick it was very imaginative. |
| User Reviewangel mI like the different short stories when they either fall and or are pushed into the display LOve the wearwolf transformation And the vampire love lust that mans eyes oooo I Could swim in them.. |