Nightmare in Wax

Nightmare in Wax
Directed by	Bud Townsend
Written by	Rex Carlton
Produced by	Martin B. Cohen Herbert Sussan
Starring	Cameron Mitchell Anne Helm Scott Brady
Cinematography	Glenn Smith
Edited by	Leonard Kwit
Music by	Igo Kantor
Distributed by	Avatar Communications Crown International Pictures
Release date	May 14, 1969 (1969-05-14)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Nightmare in Wax is a 1969 horror film. Cameron Mitchell plays Vincent Renard, a former film special effects artist who is disfigured by Max Block, the head of Paragon Pictures, and also a rival for the affections of a woman (Anne Helm). Leaving the film industry, Vince becomes a recluse and opens a wax museum. Within a few months, four popular Paragon stars disappear. Wax figures of the missing stars soon feature as wax models in the museum and the police become suspicious.

Plot

Vincent Renard has liquor thrown in his face while lighting a cigarette during a party. Despite diving into the pool half his face is disfigured. As a result he becomes recluse and opens a wax museum. As various Paragon stars disappear new figures appear in his museum. It turns out that he has taken the theory of a Doctor Zerkai of using truth serum and a compound called Nerving will put a person into suspend animation for centuries and put it into practice to fill his museum. The formula has one flaw though - its influence is dampened by electricity (including electrical storms). He finally gets Max Black as the police close in and is about to make him into a figure. Max Black laughs and an enraged Vince lunges forward and falls into the pool of molten wax. He is surrounded by everyone who is laughing at him and then a phone wakes him up. Answering it he is reminded of the party and not to be late.

Cast

• Cameron Mitchell as Vincent Renard
• Anne Helm as Marie Morgan
• Scott Brady as Detective Haskell
• Berry Kroeger as Max Black
• Johnny Cardos as Sergeant Carver
• Victoria Carroll as Theresa
• Kent Osborne as Bartender

External links

• Nightmare in Wax at IMDb