Vestron released a Blu-ray double feature of Waxwork and Waxwork II: Lost in Time back in 2016 and I’m sorely tempted to track down a copy just for the commentary. It can be rented or purchased from most of the usual online places. Waxwork is streaming for subs on Amazon Prime as well as free on Tubi (with ads). Though it’s been a long time since I’ve seen Waxwork, I still have fond memories of it, and I was happy to see it available for streaming. That film doesn’t quite hold up to the original – though I still love the sequence with Bruce Campbell – but I give some slack as it also had an even smaller budget (and, sadly, no David Warner). I also immediately rented the sequel, Waxwork II: Lost in Time, when it was released. I liked it enough to rent it a few times. It reminded me in some ways of a Full Moon picture, like Puppet Master or Demonic Toys (and I think for years I thought it WAS a Full Moon release and not a Vestron Video film). It looked cheesy and cheap (and to be fair – it WAS cheesy and cheap), but it had David Warner in it and that guy from Gremlins (Zach Galligan) and it was fun, something sorely missing from the slasher flick ripoffs I was used to seeing. I don’t remember what other films we rented with Waxwork (we always rented a few, in case there were any real stinkers), but I remember being pleasantly surprised.
All I’m saying is that when you went to the video store you had an even chance of ending up with something like Killer Klowns from Outer Space or Blood Lake instead. You had movies like They Live, Child’s Play and Phantasm II on the shelves alongside stuff like Howling IV, Slugs and Ghoulies 2. There were a LOT of low-budget horror movies released in 1988, good and bad.
WAXWORKS WEREWOLF MOVIE
“They’ll make a movie about anything nowadays.”
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