
The Wax Mask
1997


“Half Human... Trapped In A Bubbling Cauldron Of Terror!”
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The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.
Director
Bud TownsendWriter
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**_“House of Wax” reimagined for the late 60s with Cameron Mitchell_** Shot in late 1966, but not released until spring, 1969, this ‘B’ horror is different enough from Vincent Price’s more well-known flick to make it worthwhile. The modern-day setting distinguishes it from similar films, such as 1966’s “Chamber of Horrors.” It’s colorful, surprisingly inventive, and effectively captures the groovy late 1960s, particularly the go-go dancing sequence featuring The T-Bones, which brings to mind the contemporaneous “Corruption” wherein 54 years-old Peter Cushing goes to a ‘rad’ party. In…
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