Wax Mask

Overview

In the tradition of Britain's Hammer horror films of the '60s, this Gothic and gory chiller is the third version of Gaston Leroux's tale The Wax Museum. It is the story of a mad wax museum curator who uses real bodies instead of figures to create his horrific tableaux.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2019
UPC:	0663390003145
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	NR
Source:	Severin
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	48,238

Special Features

Closed Caption; Audio Commentary with Director/Special Effects Artist Sergio Stivaletti and Michelangelo Stivaletti; Beyond Fulci: Interviews with Producer Dario Argento, Director Sergio Stivaletti, Producer Giuseppe Columbo, Production Designer Massimo Geleng, Actress Gabriella Giorgelli and Filmmaker Claudio Fragasso; The Chamber of Horrors: Interviews with Producer Dario Argento, Director Sergio Stivaletti, Producer Giuseppe Columbo, Production Designer Massimo Geleng and Actress Gabriella Giorgelli; Living Dolls: Interviews with Producer Dario Argento, Director Sergio Stivaletti, Producer Giuseppe Columbo and Actress Gabriella Giorgelli; The Mysteries of The Wax Museum: Interview with SFX Artist Sergio Stivaletti; The Waxworks Symphony: Interview with Soundtrack Composer Maurizio Abeni; The Grand Opening: Interviews with Producer Dargio Argento, Director Sergio Stivaletti and Producer Giuseppe Columbo; Wax Unmasked: Interview with Film Writer Alan Jones; Vintage Featurettes: Behind the Scenes, Special Effects, On Set with Dario Argento

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Romina Mondello	Sonia
Robert Hossein	Volkoff
Riccardo Serventi Longhi	Andrea
Gabriella Giorgetti	Francesca
Umberto Balli	Alex
Valery Valmond	Giorgina
Aldo Massasso	Commissioner Lanvin
Gianni Franco	Inspector Palazzi
Antonello Murru	Custodian
Daniele Auber	Luca
Maurizio Abeni	Composer

Technical Credits

Dario Argento

Lucio Fulci

Daniele Stroppa

Fulvio Lucisano	Producer
Dario Argento	Producer,Screenwriter
Giuseppe Colombo	Producer
Lucio Fulci	Screenwriter
Sergio Stivaletti	Director,Special Effects
Daniele Stroppa	Screenwriter
Benoit Squizzato	Special Effects
Riccardo Palmieri	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

An interesting variation on the classic Gaston Leroux story, which was also the inspiration for the 1953 3-D classic House of Wax, Maschero di cera is an interesting footnote in the ushering of Italian horror into the new millennium. Though it shows little progress in development of plot over style (a notorious criticism of Italian horror), the fact that it was intended to be the first partnering of genre contemporaries Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento excited many genre diehards. With the death of intended director Fulci throwing the production an unexpected curve ball, frequent Fulci/Argento special effects collaborator Sergio Stivaletti was chosen as his successor. Displaying a competent handling of the material, as well as the stylistic excesses that have become synonymous with Italian horror, Stivaletti drenches the dark corridors of the wax museum with rich primary hues and keeps the story moving at a satisfying pace. Blending the conventions that defined Italian horror in the past decades with the modern, digital special-effects mentality that Stivaletti has been refining in recent years, M.D.C. isn't a breakthrough in any sense of the term, and though its final 30 seconds nearly destroy the redeeming qualities of the preceding 97 minutes, it ultimately serves its eerily entertaining purpose.