Remy – Waxworks
Waxworks is an awesome movie. It is fun, ambitious, and cheesy, which is everything good 80s horror was. It also gave you one horror movie that pretty much had five horror movies within it, which was a very meta thing to do way back in the 80s, before people even said meta.
Waxworks is about a wax museum that opens in a small town, and the group of teenagers that go there and get pulled into the living exhibits.
In other words, the guy sees a werewolf setup at the museum, thinks it’s cool so he crosses the rope to get a better look, and BAM, he’s in a werewolf flick. The same thing happens to each teen, one by one, until there is only one kid left (kid from Gremlins for the win), and then the shit hits the fan, and all the exhibits start coming to life in a conclusion that was Cabin in the Woods long before Cabin in the Woods. So, right now, while that meta thing is red hot, we remake Waxworks, with NO CGI – only old-school creatures, great cast, and fun storytelling.
Honestly, that’s what is missing from modern horror, and one of the reasons Cabin in the Woods worked so well is because it made horror fun again. I have full faith a Waxworks remake could accomplish the same goal.
