The Wax Mask

Apr 4, 1997

1h 38m

★ 5.6

Overview

Paris, 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened, whose main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes. A young man bets that he will spend the night in the museum but is found dead the morning after. Soon, people start disappearing from the streets of Rome and the wax museum halls begin filling with new figures...

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

France Film International

Cine 2000

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Cast

Boris Volkoff

Robert Hossein

Sonia Lafont

Romina Mondello

Andrea Conversi

Riccardo Serventi Longhi

Francesca

Gabriella Giorgelli

Alex

Umberto Balli

Giorgina

Valery Valmond

Inspector Palazzi

Gianni Franco

Victor

Massimo Vanni

Inspector Lanvin

Aldo Massasso

Puppeteer

Goffredo Unger

Madame's Girl

Elena Marchesini

Pathologist

Romano Iannelli

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