On a recent excursion through our friendly neighborhood Walgreens I made my usual half glance pass at their DVD rack. It's always hit and miss, especially at Walgreens who seems to get mostly Wal-Mart dumpster bin rejects. Yet, on this fateful day, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Waxwork collection sitting on the bottom shelf next to two other no name titles.
At this point I had never heard of this particular film, but being a big fan of the original House of Wax from 1933 as well as the 1953 remake I decided it was worth the dollar fifty I shelled out for both movies. (What is that? 75 cents for each movie? Not a bad deal if I say so myself). After all, there aren't enough horror movies about Wax Museums. Seriously, Museums in general are creepy places filled with ancient relics from God knows where.They deserve more of a place as looming icons in the horror genre.
At this point I had never heard of this particular film, but being a big fan of the original House of Wax from 1933 as well as the 1953 remake I decided it was worth the dollar fifty I shelled out for both movies. (What is that? 75 cents for each movie? Not a bad deal if I say so myself). After all, there aren't enough horror movies about Wax Museums. Seriously, Museums in general are creepy places filled with ancient relics from God knows where.They deserve more of a place as looming icons in the horror genre.
This collection is an extremely pleasant surprise and is well worth the money. It isn't anything special and doesn't have any paper inserts but it is a sturdy and well put together DVD. The case is sturdy plastic and not those more recent crappy recycle DVD cases with the holes. I hate those. The DVD case has the same beautiful artwork from the original movie.
Something about that classic 80's hand painted horror movie art is too good to pass up. I want to beg film companies to do the same with newer movies but I don't foresee that ever happening.
The DVD content itself isn't anything to rave about. There are no special features even though the back claims that the special features are "Full Screen Version, English Closed Captioning, 2.0 Dolby Stereo Sound, Scene Selection." As we all know those aren't special features. It is basically just the two movies with scene selection for each movie. (Which is more than some real cheapy DVD's can even claim.)
Either way, it's a good sturdy DVD if you just want both movies in one pack.
Something about that classic 80's hand painted horror movie art is too good to pass up. I want to beg film companies to do the same with newer movies but I don't foresee that ever happening.
The DVD content itself isn't anything to rave about. There are no special features even though the back claims that the special features are "Full Screen Version, English Closed Captioning, 2.0 Dolby Stereo Sound, Scene Selection." As we all know those aren't special features. It is basically just the two movies with scene selection for each movie. (Which is more than some real cheapy DVD's can even claim.)
Either way, it's a good sturdy DVD if you just want both movies in one pack.