After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the enigmatic Mr. Slausen and populated by his collection of life-like wax mannequins.
Directed by David Schmoeller
mask
mannequin
psychopath
museum
cult
friends
murder
slasher
demon
telekinetic
wax
Rank
#28 in 1979·#5873 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.0 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Chuck Connors
Mr. Slausen / Davey Slausen
Jocelyn Jones
Molly
Jon Van Ness
Jerry
Robin Sherwood
Eileen
Tanya Roberts
Becky
Dawn Jeffory
Tina
Keith McDermott
Woody
Albert Band
Waxwork Grandfather (uncredited)
Linnea Quigley
Mannequin (uncredited)
Crew
David Schmoeller
Director
David Schmoeller
Writer
Pino Donaggio
Original Music Composer
Ted Nicolaou
Editor
Charles Band
Executive Producer
Ve Neill
Makeup Artist
Robert A. Burns
Art Direction
Robert Harmon
Still Photographer
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
212 reviews
austin
4.0★ · 04/25/26
were people before the 2000s retarded? im not following a creepy man to his abandoned wax museum.
were people before the 2000s retarded? im not following a creepy man to his abandoned wax museum.
Tristan
There’s nothing I love more than a genuinely good Texas Chainsaw ripoff
There’s nothing I love more than a genuinely good Texas Chainsaw ripoff
Freya Isaac
6.0★ · 03/21/26
Texas chainsaw massacre but low budget and more camp
Texas chainsaw massacre but low budget and more camp
Sonia M
7.0★ · 03/21/26
Absolutely no one is going to match his freak.
Absolutely no one is going to match his freak.
caden
7.0★ · 02/07/26
what people would genuinely do to you if you moved during the mannequin challenge
what people would genuinely do to you if you moved during the mannequin challenge
