THE WAX MASK
synopsis
In 1900 Paris, a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man whose metal claw rips out their hearts. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. 12 years later in Rome, a new wax museum opens; its main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes. A young man bets that he can spend the whole night in the museum, but the next morning he's found dead. Soon, people start disappearing from the streets of Rome and the wax-museum halls begin filling with new figures.
international title: | The Wax Mask |
original title: | M.D.C. - Maschera di cera |
country: | Italy, France |
year: | 1997 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Sergio Stivaletti |
film run: | 98' |
release date: | IT 04/04/1997, DE 09/1997, UK 10/1997, ES 10/12/1997, PT 02/1998, BE 03/1998, SE 19/09/1998, FI 11/1998 |
screenplay: | Lucio Fulci |
cast: | Robert Hossein, Romina Mondello, Riccardo Serventi Longhi, Gabriella Giorgelli, Gianni Franco, Antonello Murru, Daniel Auber, Romano Iannelli, Rosa Pianeta, Sonia Topazio, Massimo Vanni, Aldo Massasso |
cinematography by: | Sergio Salvati |
film editing: | Paolo Benassi |
art director: | Antonello Geleng |
costumes designer: | Stefania Svizzeretto |
music: | Maurizio Abeni |
producer: | Dario Argento, Giuseppe Colombo, Fulvio Lucisano |