Product Details

• Actors: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Jennifer Bassey, Joe Baker, Michelle Johnson
• Directors: Anthony Hickox
• Writers: Anthony Hickox
• Producers: Dan Ireland, Eyal Rimmon, Gregory Cascante, Julian Forbes, Mario Sotela
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, Special Edition, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vestron Video
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630120879X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,683 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Campy Chessy Classic, July 5, 2001

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Whitney (Antioch, Il. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Waxwork [VHS] (VHS Tape)

First off, if you don't like horror movies, or just 80's movies in general, you're not going to like this one at all. But if you do, you MUST see this, becuase it is essential to any horror buff's collection. The plot centers around an Anytown,USA type place that suddenly has a local Waxwork mueseum. While walking to school Deborah Foreman and Michelle Johnson are invited to a private showing of the waxwork by the owner himself. Thus, the girls invite Zach Galligan and a few other friends from college to come along. It turns out that the waxwork specializes in murder scenes, and if you get close enough to an exhibit, you will be transformed into its world. That is how Dana Ashbrook meets and becomes a wolfman,and how Michelle Johnson gets a kiss from Dracula. Other classic villains shown; Marquis De Sade, the Mummy, and some zombies a la Night of the Living Dead. It is up to Zach Galligan to unearth some secrets about his family that will help him destroy the Waxwork and its evil owner. My favorite aspects of this movie: the fact that it is made in the 80's, giving it an automatic layer of cheese...Deborah Foreman's performance, as the stereotypical "nice girl," (though her character in April Fool's Day was much more convincing and entertaining)...and the way the director not only pays homage to horror classic, but also the way he pokes fun at it. I'm not completely sure he did this on purpose, but certain scenes involving Dana Ashbrook's character and the local sherriff suggest that the tone of the film was meant to be both comedic and horrific. Even though the movie is not completely brilliant or polished, it still provides entertainment to a certain audience who typically enjoys these kinds of flicks. P.S. Don't bother with the sequel.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DEEPLY ORIGINAL, REFRESHINGLY CAMPY, AND ALL-OUT FUN!!!, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Waxwork [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Waxwork is arguably one of the most entertaining horror films of all time, and if it isn't a cult classic, it should be. I'm ashamed to say how may times I've seen it. The premise (teenagers and rich eccentrics vs. soul-sucking wax exhibits) is thoroughly original, the horror and gore are intense, and the characters, while not exactly of profound depth, are entertaining. If you're searching for art-house cynicism and soul-searching, you won't find it here. But if you're just out for a hellishly good time, no questions asked, then Waxwork will definitely deliver the goods. Standouts: The vile Marquis de Sade, the seductive Dracula, and the gently sarcastic Sir Wilfred.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Waxwork, November 27, 2010

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Jose Lopez "Jose Lopez" (Miami,Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waxwork [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I remember seeing Waxwork as a kid and I liked it then and like it somewhat now,it is lacking in many things but fun in others,Part 2 I didn't see until now And It seems a bigger spoof and less entertaining,Overall 2 Corny Movies, but the Sequel Is the Worst.