Nightmare in Wax
| Nightmare in Wax | |
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| Directed by | Bud Townsend |
| Written by | Rex Carlton |
| Produced by | Martin B. Cohen Herbert Sussan |
| Starring | Cameron Mitchell Anne Helm Scott Brady |
| Cinematography | Glenn Smith |
| Edited by | Leonard Kwit |
| Music by | Igo Kantor |
| Distributed by | Avatar Communications Crown International Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nightmare in Wax is a 1969 horror film. Cameron Mitchell plays Vincent Renard, a former film special effects artist who is disfigured by Max Block, the head of Paragon Pictures, and also a rival for the affections of a woman (Anne Helm). Leaving the film industry, Vince becomes a recluse and opens a wax museum. Within a few months, four popular Paragon stars disappear. Wax figures of the missing stars soon feature as wax models in the museum and the police become suspicious.
Plot
[edit]Vincent Renard has liquor thrown in his face while lighting a cigarette during a party. Despite diving into the pool half his face is disfigured. As a result he becomes recluse and opens a wax museum. As various Paragon stars disappear new figures appear in his museum. It turns out that he has taken the theory of a Doctor Zerkai of using truth serum and a compound called Nerving will put a person into suspend animation for centuries and put it into practice to fill his museum. The formula has one flaw though - its influence is dampened by electricity (including electrical storms). He finally gets Max Black as the police close in and is about to make him into a figure. Max Black laughs and an enraged Vince lunges forward and falls into the pool of molten wax. He is surrounded by everyone who is laughing at him and then a phone wakes him up. Answering it he is reminded of the party and not to be late.
Cast
[edit]- Cameron Mitchell as Vincent Renard
- Anne Helm as Marie Morgan
- Scott Brady as Detective Haskell
- Berry Kroeger as Max Black
- Johnny Cardos as Sergeant Carver
- Victoria Carroll as Theresa
- Kent Osborne as Bartender
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