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Mystery of the Wax Museum
UNITED STATES · 1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Michael Curtiz
wax museum murder mystery disfigurement and obsession newspaper investigation supernatural horror
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Synopsis

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.

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