F-0188

Title:

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

Category:

S

Produced:

1992

Country:

USA

Released:

Film: May 1992 (Japan)
DVD: Sep 2003
VHS: ?

Director:

Anthony Hickox

Writer:

Anthony Hickox

Actors:

Zach Galligan (Mark Loftmore); Monika Schnarre (Sarah Brightman); Martin Kemp (Baron Von Frankenstein); Bruce Campbell (John Loftmore); Michael Des Barres (George); Jim Metzler (Roger); Sophie Ward (Elenore); Marina Sirtis (Gloria); Billy Kane (Nigel); Joe Baker (The Peasant); Juliet Mills (The Defense Lawyer); John Ireland (King Arthur); Patrick Macnee (Sir Wilfred); David Carradine (The Beggar); Alexander Godunov (Scarabis)

Description:

The couple that survives the wax museum in "Waxwork" is followed by a dismembered hand, which kills the girl's father, for which she must stand trial (those lawyer types are shrewd, they weren't going for that dismembered-hand stuff). She and her boyfriend go to Sir Wilfred's house for clues, where they find a film he has prepared for them, pointing the way to his secret evil-thing-fighting stash. They grab the time machine compass thingy and go back in time to look for evidence that the girl is telling the truth, and get embroiled in different conflicts along the way. (Ed Sutton)

Mark and Sarah survived the mayhem from the first movie only to have Sarah on trial for a murder committed by a dismembered hand. To find the proof that will clear her, the pair travel through time and space to dimensions full of historical, movie, and book characters. However, Mark's involvement in these other worlds may not be an accident. (Max Vaughn)

The main draw of these low-budget horror pictures is their unabashed affection for the great horror movies of the past. In Waxwork, Zach Galligan and his teen friends investigate a wax museum, where they are menaced by the re-animated tableaux. It's about as energetic as a wax dummy. The sequel is livelier, with Galligan now passing through a time portal that transports him to various classic film scenarios: Frankenstein, Dawn of the Dead, Alien, and, briefly and amusingly, Nosferatu (that's Drew Barrymore as one of the virgins cowering in bed). But why no parody of Vincent Price in House of Wax? It goes on too long, but there are weird celebrity guest stars aplenty (Bruce Campbell, David Carradine, Martin Kemp). Director Anthony Hickox helmed both offerings, without quite deciding how much humor was too much humor. In short, genre cultists are pretty much the exclusive audience here. (Robert Horton, Amazon.com)

Language:

English

TT:

104 min / 204 min (DVD) (?)

J.S. Bach's Music:

Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Format:

Film: Color
DVD: (Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Region 1)
VHS: (NSTC, German)

Company:

Film: ?
DVD: Lions Gate
VHS: ?

Comments:

Watch selections:

Buy movie at:

DVD: Amazon.com
VHS: Amazon.com [German]

Source/Links: IMDB
Contributor: Aryeh Oron (November 2007)