He asked Bob Keen, the film’s head of makeup design, for a Howling-like werewolf.ġ4. Some of his films include Zulu Dawn, Brannigan, and Theatre of Blood.ġ3. Hickox’s father, Douglas, was a director as well. The werewolf exteriors were shot in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park.ġ2. The vampire sequence originally came before the werewolf one, but they swapped them as the latter serves as a better introduction into the workings of the film’s conceit.ġ1. “Hold your breath for fuck’s sake,” adds Hickox.ġ0. They point out that the actors playing the wax figures are doing a pretty poor job of staying still. Mihaly ‘Michu’ Meszaros, who plays the diminutive butler Hans, is also featured on the album cover for The Doors’ Strange Days.ĩ. This will be a recurring theme in his commentary.Ĩ. ![]() Galligan recalls thinking that he was “fat and overweight” during the film but feels better about it now. The result was a heavily truncated end battle.ħ. Well, not until the completion bond people arrived saying they were out of money and needed to wrap it up. This was Hickox’s first feature, but he was never nervous during production. ![]() The house used as the waxwork’s exterior is still there, but the owner has grown a hedge around it to make it less visible and discourage Waxwork fans from looking for photo ops.ĥ. They were turned down by every studio they approached, including Vestron, but once the company’s head read the script he reversed the decision and made it a Vestron production.Ĥ. The driver, Staffan Ahrenberg ( Jersey Girl, The Quiet American), was looking for a script to produce, so Hickox wrote Waxwork over four days and the pair moved forward.ģ. Hickox got his shot at making his first movie after visiting Los Angeles and crashing into another car. Galligan’s character name, Mark Loftmore, was chosen because it sounded “very rich.”Ģ. “A good casting director is the most important thing in a movie.” Waxwork (1988)Ĭommentator: Anthony Hickox (writer/director), Zach Galligan (actor)ġ.
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