La maschera di cera

Titolo originale: House of Wax
Regia: André de Toth |
Anno: 1953
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror Crime
Tag: mask | new york city | wheelchair | morgue | guillotine | remake | laboratory | wax museum | disfigured face | psychotronic | sculptor | wax | proto-slasher | 1900s | waxwork |
Cast: Vincent Price | Frank Lovejoy | Phyllis Kirk | Carolyn Jones | Paul Picerni | Roy Roberts | Angela Clarke | Paul Cavanagh | Dabbs Greer | Charles Bronson | Reggie Rymal | Oliver Blake | Larri Thomas | Joanne Brown | Steve Carruthers | Leo Curley | Dan Dowling | Frank Ferguson | Stuart Hall | Mary Lou Holloway | Jack Kenney | Mike Lally | Lyle Latell | Richard Lightner | Philo McCullough | Jack Mower | Eddie Parks | Waclaw Rekwart | Grandon Rhodes | Riza Royce | Sammy Shack | Norman Stevans | Philip Tonge | Merry Townsend | Sid Troy | Ruth Warren | Ruth Whitney | Shirley Whitney | Jack Wise | Jack Woody | Charles Hibbs | Trude Wyler | Nedrick Young |

Il professor Henry Jarrod e il suo socio Matteo Burke hanno istituito un Museo di statue di cera dove sono riprodotti personaggi celebri, ma gli affari non vanno granché bene. Matteo, per incassare i soldi dell'assicurazione, decide di distruggere lo stabile e il suo contenuto. Nel tentativo di salvare le sue creazioni, Jarrod resta gravemente ustionato e dopo essersi vendicato del socio, decide di ricostruire il museo, usando questa volta dei cadaveri ricoperti di cera. Quando una ragazza riconosce nella statua di Giovanna d'Arco il volto di una sua amica, Jarrod tenta di eliminarla...

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[last lines] Lt. Tom Brennan: You know, Shane, by [...] D
Matthew Burke: Who cares a hang about history and [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Once in his lifetime, every ar [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: I'm afraid that the visit of a [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Jarrod is dead. I'm a reincarn [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Here we have two great lovers [...] D
Cathy Gray: [Sue is helping Cathy with her corset] [...] D
Leon Averill: The whole place is a morgue! D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Everything I ever loved has be [...] D
Matthew Burke: You ever thought of what would happ [...] D
Sue Allen: It's sort of a shock to see your head d [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Anne Boleyn, second wife of He [...] D
Sgt. Jim Shane: [looking at the wax figure of Joan [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: The exhibits in this room will [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: People say they can see my Mar [...] D
Bruce Allison: They always want a body! D
Lt. Tom Brennan: If I'm not careful, I'll be pound [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: This is Igor - he's a deaf mut [...] D
Sue Allen: I just don't understand how it can seem [...] D
Sidney Wallace: I expect great things of Scott. I [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: We'll find immortality togethe [...] D
Matthew Burke: You're a great artist. A genius scu [...] D
Cathy Gray: Look at me! Not too long ago I was dow [...] D
Scott Andrews: He sure knows his anatomy. D
Matthew Burke: Where would you like to go, baby? A [...] D
Cathy Gray: They always want a corpse. D
Sidney Wallace: I gamble on Jarrod. He's strange, [...] D
Cathy Gray: Your not like me Sue. You never could [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Here's President Lincoln and h [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Once in his lifetime, every ar [...] D
Cathy Gray: There! If I don't sizzle him tonight, [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: I'm rebuilding my exhibition f [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Here we have Joan of Arc - a f [...] D
Sgt. Jim Shane: I followed him through his bender. [...] D
Matthew Burke: A man has to be a little nuts to be [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: [heavy with menace after Sue u [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Was it murder or suicide? Only [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: Let me see your hands. Yes. Ye [...] D
Prof. Henry Jarrod: I put in a Chamber of Horrors. [...] D
Sue Allen: [watching can-can dancers perform] It's [...] D
Matthew Burke: Such is life. No matter how much we [...] D