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

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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