Nightmare in Wax (1969)
Directed by Bud Townsend
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Synopsis by Robert Firsching
Cameron Mitchell's most flamboyantly silly role came as the horribly disfigured ex-makeup-artist Vincent Renard in this cult variation on the horror classic House of Wax. The vengeful Renard runs the Movieland Wax Museum, where he kidnaps actors, gives them paralyzing drugs, and dips them in wax for use as exhibits. John Cardos and Scott Brady from the Al Adamson movies are here as detectives, but it is Mitchell's crazed performance which gives this tatty feature its campy charm. Director Bud Townsend returned with the cannibal comedy The Folks at Red Wolf Inn.
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conflict, disfigurement, film, makeup-artist, maniac, missing-person, police, revenge, scheme, stars [celebrities], statue, studio, victim, wax-museum, zombie