WAX MASK (1997)

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In the mid-‘90s, Dario Argento approached a physically and professionally ailing Lucio Fulci to direct one final production, an over-the-top shocker about grisly murders at a Paris wax museum. But when Fulci passed away only weeks before filming began, Argento turned to Sergio Stivaletti – the FX genius on PHENOMENA, OPERA, DEMONS and CEMETARY MAN – to make his feature-directing debut. Original Grand Guignol director/performer Robert Hossein (RIFFIFI) and Aldo Massasso (CONTRABAND) star in what DVD Drive-In hails as “old-timey luridness married to state-of-the-art gore” – from a screenplay co-written by Fulci with cinematography by Sergio Salvati (ZOMBIE, THE BEYOND) – now featuring a 4k scan from the original negative supervised by Stivaletti and packed with Special Features that include rare behind-the-scenes footage, all-new interviews and more.

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with Director/Special Effects Artist Sergio Stivaletti and Michelangelo Stivaletti
• Beyond Fulci: Interviews with Producer Dario Argento, Director Sergio Stivaletti, Producer Giuseppe Columbo, Production Designer Massimo Geleng, Actress Gabriella Giorgelli and Filmmaker Claudio Fragasso
• The Chamber of Horrors: Interviews with Producer Dario Argento, Director Sergio Stivaletti, Producer Giuseppe Columbo, Production Designer Massimo Geleng and Actress Gabriella Giorgelli
• Living Dolls: Interviews with Producer Dario Argento, Director Sergio Stivaletti, Producer Giuseppe Columbo and Actress Gabriella Giorgelli
• The Mysteries of the Wax Museum: Interview with SFX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
• The Waxworks Symphony: Interview with Soundtrack Composer Maurizio Abeni
• The Grand Opening: Interviews with Producer Dario Argento, Director Sergio Stivaletti and Producer Giuseppe Columbo
• Wax Unmasked: Interview with Film Writer Alan Jones
• Vintage Featurettes: Behind the Scenes, Special Effects, On Set with Dario Argento
• BONUS CD: REMASTERED ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
• Exclusive Double Sided Slipcover Art by Austin Hinderliter
• Reversible Artwork

Disc Specs:

• Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
• Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / English Dolby Digital 2.0 / Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 / Italian Dolby Digital 2.0
• Closed Captions / English Subtitles
  
• Region Free
• Run time: 98 mins