The Wax Mask (1997)
- Original title
- M.D.C. - Maschera di cera
- Directed by
- Sergio Stivaletti
- Genre
- drama film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film, gothic film, suspense film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- 18A
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 59 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1990s Rome, a wax museum opens displaying lifelike gruesome murder scenes. Soon after, people start disappearing and new figures appear in the museum. A mystery unfolds as the connection between the missing people and the wax exhibits comes to light.
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What happens
Wax Mask (Italian: M.D.C. - Maschera di cera) is a 1997 Gothic horror film. The film is set in Rome where a Wax Museum has opened up, whose main attraction is gruesome murder scenes. Shortly after its opening, people began to vanish as new figures appear in the museum. After witnessing the poor state of Lucio Fulci's health in 1994, Dario Argento decided to help Fulci by working with him to develop a new project. The two eventually agreed upon a remake of House of Wax. Pre-production lasted longer than expected as Argento had been working on his own film The Stendhal Syndrome. Fulci died in 1996, which led to Argento having special effects artist Sergio Stivaletti enter to direct the film. Stivaletti changed the film's script to focus more on special effects. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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To the Limit (1997)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.