Waxwork

Episode 52: Waxwork (1988)
Theme: Man-Bat Month Finale
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis tie a bow on Man-Bat Month and wrap up Season One by diving face-first into Waxwork — the only movie bold enough to say, “What if Monster Squad, House of Wax, The Princess Bride, and Anchorman all wandered into the same script meeting, got confused, and just… stayed?”

Join your two favorite Let’s Talk About Flix-ologists as they unpack:

• How every wax exhibit operates like an escape room designed by a caffeinated 14-year-old with a Fangoria subscription.

• Why China and Tony get wiped out with the efficiency of a horror movie trying to make curfew.

• How the Marquis de Sade somehow becomes the film’s most committed performer — and Sarah’s most compatible life partner.

• Why Count Dracula’s dinner party feels like a medieval Golden Corral run by a guy who can’t pronounce “tartare.”

• How the movie saves its entire effects budget for the final 10 minutes of monster-mayhem bingo.

From werewolf bladders to exploding mummies, from ill-timed fencing duels to a deadly vat of boiling wax, Oz and Curtis break down a film that’s less “narrative” and more “haunted funhouse with a thesis statement.”

It’s chaotic, it’s gory, it’s weirdly charming — and honestly? A pretty fitting way to end a season.

Final Verdict
Oz — 18 Voodoo amulets
Curtis — 62 wax-covered David Warners
Both — Still unsure how the Marquis de Sade and Dirty Harry ended up in the same third act.