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34-430: Beginning where the previous film left off, Mark and Sarah leave the burning waxwork. They board a taxi but the severed hand from the zombie exhibit also escapes, follows Sarah home, and kills her stepfather with a hammer. Shortly after, Sarah is on trial for the murder and, much to the dismay of her defense attorney, tells the skeptical jury about what happened at the waxwork. Mark rashly tries to corroborate her story from

68-519: A Gothic castle where vampires attack her, and Count Dracula turns her into a vampire. Two of the other students, Mark and Sarah, leave the museum unscathed. Later, Jonathan, "a college jock", arrives at the wax museum looking for China, but The Phantom of the Opera display gets his attention as David Lincoln walks him into the display. Mark goes to a pair of investigating police detectives. He and Inspector Roberts meet Lincoln as he lets Roberts investigate

102-461: A friend of Mark's grandfather, who explains how he and Mark's grandfather collected trinkets from "eighteen of the most evil people who ever lived" and that Lincoln stole the artifacts; Lincoln, having sold his soul to the Devil , wants to bring their previous owners to life by creating some wax effigies and feeding them the souls of victims, a concept taken from Haitian Vodou . Providing all eighteen with

136-513: A parchment from Mark that reads: "Join me." Sarah happily boards a taxi as the crowd outside watches her disappear in a flash of light. The film was released in Philippine theaters by Jemah Films on March 26, 1992. Originally intended as a theatrical release in the United States like its predecessor, Waxwork II instead went direct-to-video on June 16, 1992. Although written by a British writer,

170-453: A ritual to give him his powers. When Mark and Sarah attempt to return to their universe, the doorway is smaller this time, only allowing one to enter. Mark reasons that Sarah must go through and clear her name, adding that she would never be happy staying in Kartagra. Even though she resists, claiming she would be happy as long as she is with him, Mark sends her through the portal and the two bid

204-586: A small compass-like device. The device is revealed to be Solomon's Locket, which was used by both light and dark angels to travel through another universe , called Kartagra. According to Sir Wilfred, the many worlds of Kartagra comprise the plane where the cosmic eternal battles between good and evil occur. Each victory or failure is reflected in the real world as peace or natural disasters. Most but not all of these worlds consist of fictional stories that have become realities, including Frankenstein , The Haunting , Alien , Godzilla , Nosferatu , and Dawn of

238-623: A story in a different direction. Examples of comedy horror films include Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), An American Werewolf in London (1981), the Evil Dead franchise (1981–present), Gremlins (1984), Shaun of the Dead (2004), and The Cabin in the Woods (2011). Horror and comedy have been associated with each other since the early days of horror novels. Author Bruce G. Hallenbeck cites

272-460: A tearful farewell. Sarah returns in Sir Wilfred's secret vault with the zombie hand in tow. She happens upon a partially covered painting she saw earlier and finds it is of Mark, dressed as an armored time warrior. At the conclusion of her trial, Sarah's incredulous evidence proves her innocence. When leaving the courthouse, a courier delivers her an antiquated package containing Solomon's Locket and

306-476: A victim would bring about the "voodoo end of the world, when the dead shall rise and consume all things". On the advice of Sir Wilfred, Mark and Sarah enter the museum at night and douse it with gasoline. However, Sarah is lured into the display of the Marquis de Sade , and Mark is pushed into a zombie display by the museum's two butlers. Mark is approached by a horde of zombies, but finds that if he does not believe in

340-458: Is accidentally opened, the two fight through various worlds. In one world where a zombie invasion is happening in a mall, Mark slices off a zombie's still-animate hand and keeps it to use as evidence for Sarah's trial. The two wind up back in Scarabis' castle where Mark gets the upper hand, causing the sorcerer to violently die at the hands of a woman who was turned into a grisly panther creature during

374-484: Is partially inspired by the 1924 German silent film Waxworks . In a small suburban town, a group of college students—Mark Loftmore, China Webster, Sarah Brightman, Gemma, James, and Tony—visit a mysterious wax museum . Their trip was caused by Sarah and China's earlier encounter with a taciturn gentleman (Warner) who claims to own the exhibit and extends them an invitation. In the museum, they encounter several morbid displays, all of which contain stock characters from

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408-729: The Scary Movie series or A Haunted House also function as parodies of popular horror films. Well-known director Peter Jackson began his film career with the comedy horror classics Bad Taste , Meet the Feebles and Braindead . Stree2 , Roohi , Bhoot Police and bhool Bhulaiyaa are some popular horror comedy films in Bollywood . Examples of horror comedy on television date back to sitcoms The Munsters and The Addams Family and more recently include gruesome slapsticks Ash vs Evil Dead and Stan Against Evil , mockumentary

442-406: The 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " by Washington Irving as "the first great comedy horror story". The story made readers "laugh one moment and scream the next" and its premise was based on mischief typically found during the holiday Halloween . Shortly after the publication of Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein , comedic parodies appeared. Edgar Allan Poe put humor and horror on

476-456: The American actors were allowed to speak the dialogue in their own words, replacing common British speech mannerisms with American ones. Many of the anachronism in the movie were on purpose as a type of Easter egg for the fans TV Guide liked this sequel more than the original, and gave it two out of 5 stars, but in the end found "ends up little more than a good idea that needed a steadier hand at

510-551: The China-vampire he killed was not his friend; it just looked like her. Mark duels with the Marquis de Sade in a sword fight, who is finally killed by Sarah with an axe. The reunited couple are confronted by Lincoln, who dies getting shot by Sir Wilfred and falls in a vat of boiling wax. Sir Wilfred is decapitated by a werewolf as Sarah and Mark manage to escape the burning museum with their lives and begin to walk home, not noticing that

544-399: The Dead , among others. Much like the waxwork exhibits, whenever Mark and Sarah arrive in a new world they take on the persona of characters in those stories, sometimes having their personalities taken over by those characters until they regain their senses. Those who remain in Kartagra to take up the fight against or for evil are referred to as time warriors. Mark plans to gather evidence of

578-575: The cast is made up of stars of other horror movies. John Stanley in the Creature Feature Guide had a higher opinion of the movie giving it 3.5 out of 5 stars. He cited the intriguing premise as one reason for the positive review. A comic adaption of the film was published by Blackthorne Publishing in November 1988, one as a black and white one-shot , and one as Waxwork 3-D Special # 1 (# 55 of Blackthorne's Blackthorne 3-D Series ). In 1992,

612-422: The cinematic graveyard and feel secure in the knowledge that the monsters can't get you". In the era of silent film , the source material for early comedy horror films came from stage performances instead of literature. One example, The Ghost Breaker (1914), was based on a 1909 play, though the film's horror elements were more interesting to the audience than the comedy elements. In the United States following

646-571: The film are the Marquis de Sade , a werewolf , Count Dracula (his Brides and son exist only within the portal and are not among those displayed), a Golem , the Phantom of the Opera, The Mummy , George A. Romero -style zombies , Frankenstein's monster , Jack the Ripper , The Invisible Man , a voodoo priest, a witch , a snakeman , Rosemary's Baby , an axe murderer , an alien, a giant talking venus flytrap , and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . The film

680-484: The film on Blu-ray for the first time along with its sequel, Waxwork II: Lost in Time , on October 18, 2016, as part of their Vestron Video Collector's Series line. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 60%, based on 10 reviews, and a rating average of 4.6/10. TV Guide gave the movie one out of five stars, stating that fans of gore will be pleased, but finding little else of worth. It did note

714-409: The hand from the zombie display is scuttling away from the rubble. Several crew members appear in small roles: The script for the film was written by Hickox in three days. Initially there were concerns that the film would be too similar to The Monster Squad , which came out the year before. Bob Keen was also brought on board to handle the visual effects. The "eighteen most evil beings" used in

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748-444: The helm." John Stanley's Creature Feature review book found that the movie was worth 3.5 out of 5 stars, and said that it would especially appeal to horror fans. Waxwork (film) Waxwork is a 1988 American comedy horror film written and directed by Anthony Hickox in his directorial film debut and starring Zach Galligan , Deborah Foreman , Michelle Johnson , David Warner , Dana Ashbrook , and Patrick Macnee . It

782-399: The horror genre. Tony and China unintentionally enter two separate pocket dimensions , as depicted by the displays, by crossing the exhibition barrier rope. Tony is at a cabin where a werewolf attacks him. A hunter and his son arrive and try to kill the creature. The son fails and is torn in half, while the hunter shoots the werewolf, then shoots Tony as he begins to transform. China is sent to

816-423: The monsters, then they do not exist and cannot harm him. Mark finds his way out of the display and into the Marquis de Sade display, where he rescues Sarah, while the marquis vows revenge. Despite Mark and Sarah's attempts to escape, Junior and Lincoln grab Mark and Sarah, pulling them out of sight as Gemma and James return. Gemma gets lured into the Marquis de Sade display, and James attempts to steal something from

850-423: The museum, and gets his neck broken by Junior, "a tall butler" Lincoln scolds for killing the partner. Mark takes Sarah to the attic of his house, where he shows her an old newspaper detailing the murder of his grandfather (which was seen in the prologue); the only suspect was David Lincoln, his chief assistant, whose photograph closely resembles the museum owner. The two then consult the wheelchair user Sir Wilfred,

884-421: The museum. As Mark and Roberts leave, Mark recognizes Lincoln. Later, Roberts realizes that some of the displays look like some of the other missing people, then comes back to the museum, cuts off a piece of China's face (revealing black tissue underneath), puts it in a bag, and walks into the mummy display; the mummy throws him in the tomb with another undead mummy and a snake. Later, Roberts's partner sneaks into

918-412: The reanimated dead to bring back to their world as proof of Sarah's story in court. After jumping from one world to another making little progress, they arrive in a medieval world where Sarah is the sister of the evil sorcerer, Master Scarabis. After foiling Scarabis' plans to take over the throne of England by transmogrifying into the visiting king, he and Mark engage in a sword fight. When Solomon's Locket

952-406: The same continuum, and many nineteenth century authors used black humor in their horror stories. Author Robert Bloch called them "opposite sides of the same coin". In comedy horror film, gallows humor is a common element. While comedy horror films provide scares for audiences, they also provide something that dramatic horror films do not: "the permission to laugh at your fears, to whistle past

986-450: The sequel Waxwork II: Lost in Time was released. Horror comedy Comedy horror (also called horror comedy ) is a literary , television , and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction . Comedy horror has been described as having three types: " black comedy , parody and spoof." Comedy horror can also parody or subtly spoof horror clichés as its main source of humour or use those elements to take

1020-401: The spectators gallery but is removed from the courthouse. Desperate to help their situation, the two visit the late Sir Wilfred's home, where they find a film reel of Sir Wilfred speaking of his and Mark's grandfather's adventures and of the supernatural artifacts they collected together. A secret switch in Sir Wilfred's chessboard opens a door to a room full of objects where Mark and Sarah find

1054-427: The trauma of World War I , film audiences sought to see horror on screen but tempered with humor. The "pioneering" comedy horror film was One Exciting Night (1922), written, directed and produced by D. W. Griffith , who noticed the stage success of the genre and foresaw a cinematic translation. The film included comedic blackface performances and footage of a hurricane for a climactic storm. As an early experiment,

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1088-402: The various genres were not well-balanced with horror and comedy, and later films improved the balance and took more sophisticated approaches. Charles Bramesco of Vulture.com identifies Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein as the first commercially successful comedy horror film. Its success legitimized the genre and established it as commercially viable. Some comedy horror movies, such as

1122-447: The zombie display; moments later, the bodies of James and Gemma reappear as wax figures, the displays completed with the figures and their victims reanimating as evil entities. Suddenly, Sir Wilfred and a huge group of armed men, along with Mark's butler Jenkins, arrive, and in the ensuing battle, several waxworks and slayers are killed, including Lincoln's butlers and Mark and Sarah's former friends, now evil. Jenkins consoles Mark by saying

1156-526: Was given a limited release in the United States by Vestron Pictures in June 1988. It grossed $ 808,114 at the box office. It was released by Vestron Video the same year on VHS in both R-rated and Unrated editions. The film's budget was $ 3.5 million. The film was released on DVD in 2003 by Artisan Entertainment as a double feature with the sequel Waxwork II: Lost in Time and again in 2012 as part of an 8 horror film collection DVD. Lionsgate released

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