Glenda Farrell steals the show as an energetic reporter who gets the scoop of a lifetime when she realizes a wax museum is using real life corpses to re-stage their exhibits after their previous museum burnt to the ground.
Mystery of the Wax Museum has been remade twice (both under the title House of Wax) and each film has its own unique stamp to keep things interesting. Being that this is a pre-code movie, there's a good deal more innuendo than you can expect to find in the 1953 remake. There's also a lot more comedy and a general tongue in cheek quality to this film, especially due to Farrell's hysterical performance.
Still, there are some thrills to be had and the killer's ghoulish burnt face makeup can certainly still creep one out in the right lighting. It's worth tracking this one down.
Mystery of the Wax Museum has been remade twice (both under the title House of Wax) and each film has its own unique stamp to keep things interesting. Being that this is a pre-code movie, there's a good deal more innuendo than you can expect to find in the 1953 remake. There's also a lot more comedy and a general tongue in cheek quality to this film, especially due to Farrell's hysterical performance.
Still, there are some thrills to be had and the killer's ghoulish burnt face makeup can certainly still creep one out in the right lighting. It's worth tracking this one down.