A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
museum
wax museum
pre-code
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Cast
Lionel Atwill
Ivan Igor
Glenda Farrell
Florence Dempsey
Allen Vincent
Ralph Burton
Fay Wray
Charlotte Duncan
Frank McHugh
Jim
Edwin Maxwell
Worth
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Professor Darcy
Gavin Gordon
George Winton
Matthew Betz
Hugo
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Rasmussen
Claude King
Mr. Galatalin
William B. Davidson
Detective (Uncredited)
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Arthur Pierson
Additional Camera
Popular Reviews
34 reviews
Sebastian Luis
7.0★ · 04/28/26
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Somto UmeloPRO
4.0★ · 03/01/26
I prefer the 1953 remake because it has more Vincent Price, more horror, and less casual racism.
I prefer the 1953 remake because it has more Vincent Price, more horror, and less casual racism.
Lilly
8.0★ · 01/25/26
Plucky female journalists will always have a special place in my heart. You go girls!
Plucky female journalists will always have a special place in my heart. You go girls!
Trang
I’m obsessed with that detective diva and the extra playing the queen wax figure continuously blinking omg
I’m obsessed with that detective diva and the extra playing the queen wax figure continuously blinking omg
Bowie
6.0★ · 08/21/25
A horror for every year of this century #9
How can a movie about preserving people in wax be so boring
A horror for every year of this century #9
How can a movie about preserving people in wax be so boring
