![]() So big, in fact, that they started a movie division, Vestron Pictures. Vestron had started out doing some of the first direct-to-video pictures ever made, discovering that the market was HUGE. Every company, great and small, started looking for the next EXORCIST, ALIEN, JAWS.the next big thing that would make millions. The movies that would launch long-term franchises filled the tub. Way back when, THE EXORCIST turned the faucet on. When the major studios discovered back in the late Seventies that indie horror flicks were cheap to make or just buy outright and distribute, they started crankin' 'em out.by the DOZENS. The Eighties.what a great, fertile, inventive time that was for horror. This film would be even better with more blood. I would love for that sequence to be put back together (and a director's commentary never hurts). My only concern is that allegedly the film was cut by the MPAA due to gore in the vampire sequence. Oh, and the professor from "Sliders" is in it, too. Dana Ashbrook appears before the day of "Twin Peaks". Great comedy, great horror, great 80s film. These things never happened, so how can they have real relics? But you know what? It is so much fun, you just ignore things like this (especially compared to the complete nonsense plot of the sequel or "House II".) Recommended? Heck yeah. Yet, there are sculptures of The Fly, the Invisible Man, and a scene from a zombie film. Then there is the bit about the sculptures needing relics from their real-life bodies to become alive. Not only does this make little sense, but there is no reason the man telling the story should know anything about it. I mean, there is a part where the origin of the museum is explained. I could complain about the really odd plot and lack of sense. The midget is cute, one of the kids is just weird and you should hear the way Dracula says "steak tartar" or the scene where the AARP (old people) raid the place. You will get a girl sexually aroused by being flogged (sado-masochism goes hand in hand with horror). You will get spraying blood, mutilated flesh, and a dismembered hand that lives on its own (see "Waxwork II" for more on this and its connection to "Evil Dead II"). ![]() This film is brilliant because of the perfect combination of horror and comedy. Well, the museum offers a portal to each of these horrible worlds - but if you die in the portal, you die in real life and become part of the museum. Dracula, the Marquis de Sade, a werewolf, the mummy, and nine other nasties. The film stars the kid from "Gremlins" and his group of friends who encounter the guy from "The Omen", who along with a midget and a Lurch-like butler manage a wax museum full of horrible characters. Going on to make a Warlock movie and a Hellraiser film, he has established himself (though still remains under-appreciated). This movie was his first time as a writer and director and he did it perfectly. "Can't a girl get laid around here without being burned at the stake?" Let me start by saying Anthony Hickox is a brilliant man. If Waxwork was able to make this story and its concepts work so well on a small 1980s budget and with purely practical effects, the mind boggles as to what a larger studio budget and CGI special effects assistance - NOT replacement - could accomplish.In a small suburban town, a group of college students visit a mysterious wax museum, where they encounter several morbid displays, all of which contain stock characters from the horror genre. This leads to a monster mash that would make The Cabin in the Woods blush, and is the kind of thing that makes horror fans grin from ear to ear. The ending sequence really puts the cherry on top, with lots of displays coming to life in the real world, including ones that had claimed victims prior to the film's beginning. If variety is the spice of life, Waxwork offers it to horror fans in spades, but without having to become a full-fledged anthology film. One scenario involves a werewolf, another an ancient mummy, another zombies, and yet another the sadistic Marquis de Sade. Different characters are ultimately forced inside the displays, allowing the film to effectively become a series of mini-movies. Each display in the museum represents a different horrific scenario, and if all the displays claim a victim, the end of the world will be triggered. David Warner plays David Lincoln, the owner of the museum and the exhibits within, and a man possessing a devilish goal. Waxwork concerns a group of six high school friends who visit a mysterious wax museum that seemed to just kind of appear in their small suburban hometown.
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