Excellent fun
It's really too bad Tony Hickox had to put gore in this because it
doesn't need it.I mean Waxwork II could have been a great Back to the Future type family movie with a few re-writes.The story is about two college students who jump through dimensions(based off of old stories and horror films) to prove their name in a murder case. The film is very colorful and fun.I would have liked it if the Scarbis story was cut a little shorter but I was happy with what we got.The highlight of the movie is the swordfight,the Nosferatu scene was laugh out loud funny.I rented it for B movie legend Bruce Campbell,he has a brief part but fans won't be disappointed.. 
Lamer than the first, which is a pity.
Like most sequels, Waxwork II is lamer than the first, which is a pity
because I liked its predecessor. Their director/writer Anthony Hickox pretty much took what was fun about the first - the entering into different horror realms - and ran amok with it. The leads travel through time (and I guess realities) - much like Sliders - while looking for something or other. Slowly at first, but eventually they wind up barreling through realities as though Hickox had too many references that he wanted to fit into the movie but didn't have enough time to. Some are fun - one S&M one is a tad disturbing - but they've since lost their original charm. Horror-comedy stalwart, Bruce Campbell, does the same overacting schtick from his Evil Dead movies but his all-too-short cameo was the highlight of the movie for me.. |
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