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The Wax Mask(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-04-04
57%
52 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
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...
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
France Film International
Cine 2000
Movie: The Wax Mask
Top 10 Billed Cast
Robert Hossein
Boris Volkoff
Romina Mondello
Sonia Lafont
Riccardo Serventi Longhi
Andrea Conversi
Gabriella Giorgelli
Francesca
Valery Valmond
Giorgina
Gianni Franco
Inspector Palazzi
Massimo Vanni
Victor
Aldo Massasso
Inspector Lanvin
Goffredo Unger
Puppeteer
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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...
Release Date
1997-04-04
Average
5.7
Rating:
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