Wax Mask

Wax Mask
Directed by	Sergio Stivaletti
Screenplay by	Lucio Fulci Daniele Stroppa
Story by	Dario Argento[1]
Produced by	Giuseppe Colombo
Starring	Robert Hossein Romina Mondello
Cinematography	Sergio Salvati
Edited by	Paolo Benassi
Music by	Maurizio Abeni
Production companies	Cine 2000 France Film International[1]
Distributed by	Italian International Film[1]
Release date	4 April 1997 (1997-04-04) (Italy)
Countries	Italy France[1]
Budget	$3 million[2]
Box office	$0.25 million[3]

Wax Mask (Italian: M.D.C. - Maschera di cera) is a 1997 Gothic horror film.^[1] The film is set in Rome where a Wax Museum has opened up, whose main attraction is gruesome murder scenes. Shortly after its opening, people began to vanish as new figures appear in the museum.

After witnessing the poor state of Lucio Fulci's health in 1994, Dario Argento decided to help Fulci by working with him to develop a new project. The two eventually agreed upon a remake of House of Wax. Pre-production lasted longer than expected as Argento had been working on his own film The Stendhal Syndrome. Fulci died in 1996, which led to Argento having special effects artist Sergio Stivaletti enter to direct the film.^[4] Stivaletti changed the film's script to focus more on special effects.