The Wax Mask
M.D.C. - Maschera di cera
Also Known As: Gaston Leroux's The Wax Mask (1997)
1997 Color
[STAFF]
Directed by Sergio Stivaletti
Produced by Cine 2000
Produced by Dario Argento, Giuseppe Colombo
Distributed by: Italian International Film
Written by Dario Argento (story), Lucio Fulci, Daniele Stroppa
Cinematography by Sergio Salvati
Music by Maurizio Abeni
Production Design by Massimo Antonello Geleng
Film Editing by Paolo Benassi
special effects Sergio Stivaletti
Sound Mix : Dolby
Release : Italy 4 April 1997, Japan 6 December 1997
[CAST]
Daniele Auber .... Luca
Umberto Balli .... Alex
Gianni Franco .... ispettore Palazzi
Gabriella Giorgelli .... zia di Sonia
Robert Hossein .... Volkoff
Romano Iannelli .... medico legale
Giuseppina Lo Vetro .... Madama
Riccardo Serventi Longhi .... Andrea
Aldo Massasso .... commissario Lanvin
Romina Mondello .... Sonia
Antonello Murru .... custode
Sonia Topazio .... infermiera
Valery Valmond .... Giorgina
Massimo Vanni .... Victor
[STORY]
Paris, 1900 a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened, whose main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes. A young man bets that he will spend the night in the museum but is found dead the morning after. Soon, people start disappearing from the streets of Rome and the wax museum halls begin filling with new figures...
[INFORMATION]
SERGIO STIVALETTI is the effects wizard behind such films as Phenomena, Demons,Stendhal Syndrome, Opera, The Spider Labyrinth, The Church,and Dellamorte Dellamorte.
