Review of Waxwork (1979) by Vince K — 04 Mar 2011

Waxwork is totally fucking killer. It had everything - werewolves, vampires, zombies, mummies, and even the Marquis De Sade. It had a cool premise where going beyond the rope of a wax museum display took you directly to the scene, for real. The owner gained immortality by making a deal with the devil, and needs 18 victims to unleash hell on earth! (There was some mumbojumbo about 18 being divided by 3, which is 6. 666, get it? Yeah, awesome!).

The cast was led by Gremlins star Zach Galligan, who unfortunately didn't continue his rise to fame after this masterpiece. It's sad, because even though he was a bad actor, he was in Gremlins for fuckssakes! Give the guy an Academy Award please! (But by that logic Corey Feldman deserves one too, so nevermind.).

The special effects are better than anything you've seen in Avatar. When a werewolf tears somebody in half from the head downwards, it looks like a work of art. It's so terrible it's so fucking cool, you know? You can tell somebody put a lot of effort into that!

What else? Oh, this was directed by Anthony Hickox. This guy's movie is so killer it makes Anthony Hitchcock looks like a big piece of shit. I don't remember someone being ripped in half in one of HIS movies.

Waxwork > Every movie ever made.

Also - the Hostel: Part II skeletonized leg flesh-eating scene was stolen directly from this. Oooh, yeah!