9 Weird Wax Museum Horror Movies

A look at 9 classic and curious wax museum horror movies

I remember going to Louis Tussaud’s wax museum in St. Petersburg, Florida when I was five and it was a startling experience. I had been to haunted houses before that had monstrous dummies lunging at you and was suitably freaked out. But seeing these figures, these replicas of living things, standing still and staring, was a different thing entirely. Looking at these echoes of humans, some I recognized, some I didn’t and observing them unnerved me. I mean, who made these things? Were they once real? When we all left, would they come to life? And hey, did I just see Marie Antoinette move?

By the time I got to the Chamber of Horrors, I simply refused to enter. Forget it. I found the entire experience haunting enough and had no desire to see Dracula leering at me.

I thought about that experience as I lay in bed. I wondered why I had such an unsettling response to something that was meant to be marveled at. I guess my reaction wasn’t unique. Later, I became aware of the glut of feature films that exploited this eerie experience, movies that mined the living’s innate mistrust and upset at, if not the dead, then imitations of the dead, dressed up and paraded around in what equated to be a perverse funeral home.

So, with that bit of subjectivity out of the way, I present to you 9 films that exploit our fear and fascination with the wax museum.

Feel free to add your own titles in the comments section below…

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