| Description |
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation, Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
[House of wax] English, French or Spanish language soundtrack ; [Mystery of the wax museum] English language soundtrack ; [both] optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Bahasa, Thai or Korean ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
[House of wax] Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Paul Picerni, Roy Roberts, Angela Clarke, Paul Cavanagh, Dabbs Greer, Charles Buchinsky, Reggie Rymal. |
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[Mystery of the wax museum] Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Allan Vincent, Gavin Gordon, Edwin Maxwell, Holmes Herbert, Claude King, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Thomas E. Jackson, DeWitt Jennings, Matthew Betz, Monica Bannister. |
| Credits |
[House of wax] Cinematography, Bert Glennon, J. Peverell Marley ; music by David Buttolph ; editing, Rudi Fehr. |
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[Mystery of the wax museum] Photography, Ray Rennehan ; music, Cliff Hess, Bernhard Kaun ; editor, George Amy ; produced by Henry Blanke. |
| Note |
House of wax originally released as a motion picture in 1953 ; Mystery of the wax museum originally released as a motion picture in 1933. |
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Durations: House of wax, 88 min. ; Mystery of the wax museum, 77 min. |
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Includes House of Wax premiere newsreel, theatrical trailer. |
| Summary |
[House of wax] Classic horror movie about an insane sculptor who builds a wax museum out of things that used to be alive. |
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[Mystery of the wax museum] A deranged wax sculptor who almost loses his life in a fire set by his partner. Instead of dying in the blaze, he returns for revenge, hiding his horribly disfigured face behind a wax mask. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: [House of wax] PG ; [Mystery of the wax museum] not rated. |
| Subject |
Waxworks -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Sculptors -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mentally ill -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Horror films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
De Toth, André, 1912-2002.
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Foy, Bryan, 1896-1977.
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Wilbur, Crane, 1886-1973.
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Belden, Charles, 1904-1954.
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Price, Vincent, 1911-1993.
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Lovejoy, Frank, 1912-1962.
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Kirk, Phyllis, 1930-2006.
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Jones, Carolyn, 1930-1983.
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Picerni, Paul, 1922-2011.
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Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962.
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Blanke, Henry, 1901-1981.
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Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946.
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Wray, Fay, 1907-2004.
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Farrell, Glenda, 1904-1971.
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McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981.
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Vitaphone Corp.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Mystery of the wax museum |
| ISBN |
0790765381 |
| Standard No. |
085391105428 |
| Music No. |
11054 Warner Home Video |
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