callanvass Review of Nightmare in Wax

Nightmare in Wax (1969)

BAD VERY VERY BAD but also very entertaining in a so bad it's good way *Possible Spoilers*

[7/10 · 18 December 2004]

BAD VERY VERY BAD but very entertaining in a so bad it's good way. Cameron Mitchell's hilarious over the top performance was perfect and made me have a huge grin on my face throughout the film. The dialog is terrible and especially cheesy (I want to hear you scream it excites) me. The film is very cheap and the blood looks laughably fake but the delightful over the top performances laughable dialog are all part of it's charm. Plus it has a really funny ending. This was another one i got on that 8 horror disc set. There is a bit of gore but it's laughably fake. we get a needle in the neck and face, a laughable looking burnt face with blood all over it, and a bloody stabbing. The acting is horrendous Cameron Mitchell is AWESOME here and he kept the movie alive with his great over the top performance, and was just downright hilarious. Anne Helm was very pretty but her acting wasn't good at all and her chemistry with Mitchell was off. Scott Brady is TERRIBLE as the detective and he had some terrible dialog. Victoria Carroll was pretty but almost had me in tears from laughing so hard with her clumsy performance. Overall seek this out one of the best so bad it's good movies i have seen! *** Out of 5