SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Powerful

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

This 1988 horror comedy stars Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson and David Warner. Galligan (Gremlins) plays Mark, a rich teen who attends a midnight showing of a wax museum with his friends. They become magically, transported through the exhibits of dangerous characters and play certain parts/roles before meeting their demises. Foreman (April Fool's Day) plays Sarah, Johnson plays China and Warner (The Omen) plays Lincoln, a warlock who runs the museum. This is a bizarre film with a bit of fantasy elements added and good make-up effects. Give this a try at least once if you're into horror/occult flicks.

Surprised by the current 6.2 rating for Waxwork. I thought it was significantly bad, and my primary reason for saying that is because it was dull and in many places very slow. The idea of the movie is a fun, campy one that's been done in several other movies, with the classic being Vincent Price in "House of Wax" in the 50s. So it's disappointing that so little was done with Waxwork - particularly considering the exceptional cast that was assembled. Love Dana Ashbrook.This is a dull, slow, boring movie that is mostly filler. It revs up near the end but it's too little too late.

Waxwork is written and directed by Anthony Hickox. It stars Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, David Warner, Dana Ashbrook, Miles O'Keefe, Patrick Macnee and John Rhys-Davies. Music is by Roger Bellon and cinematography by Gerry Lively.A sort of portmanteau horror film made on a TV standard budget. Plot in simple terms has a bunch of pretty young adults unwisely accept an invite to visit the mysterious new wax museum that has suddenly appeared in town: At midnight! What follows is a number of stories that find members of the group magically transported into the realm of an exhibit, such as werewolf, vampire etc, and end up as part of the exhibit themselves. Can the hero in waiting save the day?It's a fun homage of a movie, playing very much firmly with tongue in cheek. The presence of some horror stalwarts in the cast is reassuring, and the effects work isn't half bad. Some of the acting is poor from the younger cast members, and while it's not hard to forgive a low budgeted movie its failings, it's still annoying that the actors playing the wax models can't keep still, while the set nearly falls down at one point. The photography is also too cloudy at times, Gerry Lively's filters straining for colour ambiance.Still, it's a decent time filler that's made with love by a horror fan for horror fans. 5/10

Wasn't too crash hot on it the first time I saw it, but after this repeat viewing it was kind of better, but still not without its problems. Genre director / writer Anthony Hickox makes his debut with the morbidly tongue-in-cheek horror "Waxwork", which is a very silly, if gimmicky shocker with some impressively creative scenarios like when our heroine (Zach Galligan) finds himself transported into the black and white world of "Night of the Living Dead". Mark and a group of friends pay a midnight visit to a strange waxwork museum which has opened up in their neighbourhood overnight. The museum if filled with horrific displays of classic monsters; Dracula, the Wolf man, The Mummy, Phantom of the Opera and so son. Before they know it they find themselves drawn into the displays and becoming apart of that world and also possibly a victim. The concept is ambitious and downright inventive (in how it brings it's monsters alive and breaking the narrative into abrupt segments), but what occurs is conventional and there's a real uneven tone that turns what could have been disturbing into a ridiculous, eccentric and stupid outing that caps it off with a cheesy climatic showdown. It doesn't hold back, especially on the blood and gruel. It's vigorous in details and somewhat cruel. Hammy acting by most (led by David Warner and Patrick Macnee), but Zach Galligan and Deborah Foreman were agreeable with Michelle Johnson and Dana Ashbrook rounding off the cast. Also look out for Miles O'Keefe and John Rhys-Davies in bit parts. In all a fun cast working with a smarting, if smug script filled with references, self- parody and goofiness. Where the highpoint arrives from is the use of colourful make-up FX, waxwork designs and stylised visuals despite its limited scope. The project feels like a labour of love for Hickox. Someone who enjoys old classics of the genre in reviving them to post- modern times in "Waxworks". "This isn't my idea of fun".