This is a low-budget horror film from Crown International Pictures. Vincent Renard(Cameron Mitchell)is a former film special effects artists, who is disfigured accidentally on purpose by Max Black(Berry Kroeger), the head of prosperous Paragon Pictures. Black also happens to be competing with Renard for the affections of the pretty Marie Morgan(Anne Helm). Getting out of the movie business, the disfigured Vince opens a wax museum. Within a few months of each other, four popular stars at Paragon disappear. And soon wax figures of the missing stars become featured at Renard's wax museum. Sure seems suspicious and local Detective Haskell(Scott Brady)begins an investigation. Not exactly the worst wax museum flick, but the story line in predictable and the shock value wanes. Mitchell has always been able to make the best of his many roles. Brady is a much used character actor, and a good one. If Miss Helm looks familiar; she was Elvis' love interest in his movie FOLLOW THAT DREAM. Rounding out the cast: Phillip Baird, James Forrest, John Cardos and Victoria Carroll.
Review of Nightmare in Wax
