Film

The Wax Mask

1997 · 1h 38m · Horror · Thriller

IMDb

5.8

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...

Robert Hossein

Boris Volkoff

Romina Mondello

Sonia Lafont

Riccardo Serventi Longhi

Andrea Conversi

Gabriella Giorgelli

Francesca

Umberto Balli

Alex

Valery Valmond

Giorgina

Gianni Franco

Inspector Palazzi

Massimo Vanni

Victor

Aldo Massasso

Inspector Lanvin

Goffredo Unger

Puppeteer

Elena Marchesini

Madame's Girl

Romano Iannelli

Pathologist

Daniel Auber

Luca

Sabrina Pellegrino

Elena

Ginevra Casini

Madame's Girl

Maia Asiride

Madame's Girl

• Sergio StivalettiDirector
• Lucio FulciScreenplay · Story
• Daniele StroppaStory · Screenplay
• Dario ArgentoProducer · Story
• Gaston LerouxNovel
• Giuseppe ColomboProducer
• Fulvio LucisanoProducer
• Sergio SalvatiDirector of Photography
• Maurizio AbeniOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 4, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

18A

Genres

Horror, Thriller

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