The Mystery of the Wax Museum is a classic horror film from 1933. The story follows a sculptor whose wax figures might not be what they seem.
The film starts in London in the 1920s with a devastating fire at a wax museum, leading to mysterious disappearances in 1933 New York City.
The main characters include a hard-boiled reporter, a girlfriend of a museum technician, and a sculptor confined to a wheelchair.
The plot twists when it is revealed that the wax museum figures may actually be paraffin-coated bodies of missing people.
The film was lost and rediscovered in 1970, with its original colors preserved by dedicated technicians.
It was later remade as the 1953 3-D film House of Wax starring Vincent Price.
The Mystery of the Wax Museum is a must-watch for horror and mystery fans.