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In Waxwork a waxwork museum appears overnight in an American small town and sinister showman David Warner invites a group of typical teens to a midnight party. However, as expected, the place is home to nasty secrets, and the blundering kids find themselves transported via the exhibits into the presence of "the 18 most evil men in history". What this means is that the film gets to trot out gory vignettes featuring such horror staples as Count Dracula (played inaptly with designer stubble and a Clint croak by ex-Tarzan Miles O'Keefe), the Marquis de Sade, an anonymous werewolf with floppy bunny ears (John Rhys-Davies in human form) and the Mummy. Nerdy hero Zach Galligan appeals to wheelchair-bound monster fighter Patrick MacNee for help. Waxwork is strictly a film buff's movie--with Warner and MacNee turning in knowingly camp performances, and references to everything from Crimes of Passion to Little Shop of Horrors cluttering up its very straggly story line. It's not without ragged charms, though the tone veers between comic and sick (the de Sade scene, although inexplicit, features some lurid dialogue) more or less at random. The effects are likewise variable, and in any case rather fudged by direction, which frequently fails to point up the gags properly. It winds up with a scrappy Blazing Saddles-style fight between the forces of Good and a whole pack of monsters, and the budget runs out before the climactic burning-down-the-waxworks scene. The episodic approach echoes the old Amicus omnibus horrors (Dr Terror's House of Horrors, The House that Dripped Blood etc.), and various cameos allow director Anthony Hickox to parody/emulate the styles of Hammer films, Night of the Living Dead and Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe adaptations.
On the DVD: It's a nice-looking and sounding print, but fullscreen format. The only extras are filmographies taken from the IMDB and the trailer.--Kim Newman
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
So its in NTSC, if you are lucky enough to be able to watch NTSC dvd's, and you like cheap horror films this may be the 2 for you. The first film is set in a creepy waxwork museum that pops up overnight in the neighbourhood, and yes those pesky kids are going to get it this time. Once you step over the ropes, you are transported to another dimension and become part of the exhibition. Waxwork 2 or Lost in Time as it might be known over here, follows on form where the last film ended, but this time its hopping through time and film, including Night of the living dead, Frankenstein and Alien. Throughly enjoyable films.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By C. Schaefer
Format:DVD
For some strange reason, these 2 movies never achieved the acclaim they deserved. This is fantasy - NOT horror - at its best.
This DVD contains both movies, which is wonderful, since they belong together. "Lost in Time" picks up where "Waxwork" ended. The sound is wonderful, and so is the picture quality. In terms of picture, you can choose between full-screen or 16:9. There is no bonus material, but in my opinion, that isn't necessary - the most important bonus is that you have both movies on ONE DVD - and it's a legitimate copy, not some shoddy bootleg.
Please note: this is a region 1 NTSC DVD, so make sure you have a multi-standard and multi-region DVD player.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By herdy1
Format:DVD
I actually saw Lost in Time first, as that is the title it had when released straight to video in the UK, and therefore had no idea it was in fact a sequal to Waxwork. This meant that upon first watching it, the beginning did confuse me as it directly leads on from the end of Waxwork. That is a poor effort on behalf of UK distributors, and very misleading. Still, that aside, Lost in Time is absolutely brilliant, and similar to Waxwork in that it uses the plot to take you into a series of individual vignettes that make up the whole. In Waxwork, you had a vampire scene, a werewolf scene, and more, before going back to wind things up in the wax museum itself. In LiT, it begins with an amulet that enables the user to travel in time, but into fictional timelines & events aswell, so you have a Frankenstein's monster scene, an black & white 50's haunted house theme, an Aliens send-up, and many more before winding things up back in our time. Its brilliantly done, and some great cameos. Particular favourite is a scene stealing performance from B movie legend Bruce Campbell, very deadpan and very funny. Also, ex-Eastender & Spandau Ballet member Martin Kemp as Dr Frankenstien! And keep your eyes open for a brief and almost missable appearance from Drew Barrymore...plus the bad German guy with the long hair from Die Hard, (dont know his name). Absolutely classic, and that goes for both films.
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