Bloody, campy good time
One of the things that DVD has done for me is in a sense, it has reunited me with numerous films from that I remember viewing during my childhood. One such film was Waxwork, a seemingly low budget genre film about wax displays killing people in terrible ways. Having just seen this film unedited for TV, I have a new found respect for this movie that I did not have before.
Released in 1988, this movie has a high cheese factor to compliment the times. It almost seems anachronistic even watching a films that is less than 20 years old these days as political correctness has found its way on the film scene. For example there is a ton of cigarette smoking in this movie, but unfortunately a serious lack of T&A for a film made during that time but the gore factor more than made up for it. Yes its a typical "kill the dumb teenager" movie but the fact that they can manage to do it in a creative way can make up for that a little bit.
The characters aren't really worth talking about at length, seeing as they are just fodder for the various creatures thrown at them. Although the heightened melodrama at the beginning of the film reached 90210-levels, which I have to admit is kinda annoying for this kind of movie.
So I'm naming mostly negatives for a movie I supposedly respect, there are present and merited I do admit. The film does shine in its tongue-in-cheek style though. The kills are very well done, the gore is very well.. gory and the closing credits is set to "It's My Party." An odd choice, especially due to incongruous nature of the preceding scene but its still got a chuckle out of me yet. This is a great trip down memory lane and I will continue to enjoy this film in the future more likely while heavily intoxicated.