Produced
and Written by Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci
Original
Italian Title: M.D.C. MASCHERA DI CERA
director:
Sergio Stivaletti | written by Lucio Fulci
starring: Robert Hossein · Romina Mondello · Riccardo Serventi Longhi
· Gabriella Giorgelli · Valery Valmond
The film
opens in Paris circa 1900. A couple is brutally murdered by a masked
man with a metal claw who rips hearts out. The sole survivor is
Sonia, a very young girl, who has been traumatized by the massacre. Twelve
years later a new wax museum - specializing in recreations of gruesome
murder scenes - opens in Rome. After a man is found murdered inside, Sonia
takes a job assisting the museum director. Soon people start disappearing
from the streets of Rome and the museum appears to somehow be involved.
Lucio
Fulci became an Italian superstar after directing the sequel to DAWN OF
THE DEAD in 1979 (called ZOMBIE
in America) That film changed his life, putting him on a new success road
which included a string of boxoffice hits that culminated with MURDER
ROCK. Shortly after that film, Fulci entered a relationship with
Dario Argento that called for him to write and direct a series of new
motion pictures. The first project was to be this movie; he had finished
the script and was prepared to start shooting. But in his personal life,
Fulci had been suffering with diabetes for years. He went to bed without
taking his insulin. Some say this was suicide; others, an accident. But
sadly, Mr Fulci was dead at age 68 on March 13, 1996. Argento handed the
script to his Special FX manager, Sergio Stivaletti, for production. The
movie, "Dedicated To Lucio Fulci," remains a remarkable
end to an extraordinary career.
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An
Italian film in English language with optional Greek subtitles; widescreen
format, uncut version at 97 minutes, DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD
FORMAT.
Graphic
Violence/Nudity/Adult situations/Sexual Brutality/Drugs
For mature audiences
