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Nightmare in Wax (1969)

Nightmare in Wax poster
Directed by
Bud Townsend
Genre
horror film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
R
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A disfigured former film artist becomes a recluse and opens a wax museum. The museum displays figures that look disturbingly lifelike.

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What happens

Nightmare in Wax (also known as Monster of the Wax Museum and Crimes in the Wax Museum) is a 1969 American horror film directed by Bud Townsend and starring Cameron Mitchell, Anne Helm and Scott Brady. It was written by Rex Carlton. A former film artist, when disfigured, becomes a recluse and opens a horrific wax museum. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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