Wax Mask

Sergio Stivaletti's

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)

Severin Films presents Wax Mask in a fully restored 4k scan from the original negative supervised by Stivaletti himself!

Severin Films is an American film production and distribution company known for restoring and releasing cult films on DVD and Blu-ray.

The Severin includes projects by iconic filmmakers Alejandro Jodorowsky, Roman Polanski, Paul Morrissey, Mike Leigh, Just Jaeckin, Dario Argento, Dennis Hopper, Joko Anwar, Patrice Leconte, Walerian Borowczyk, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Alex de la Iglesia, Joe D’Amato and UK comedy legends The Comic Strip; classics of Blaxploitation, Ozploitation and Nunsploitation; landmark American indies; groundbreaking horror from Spain, Turkey, France, Germany, Philippines, Canada, New Zealand, Poland, Indonesia and the Soviet Union, and the industry’s most formidable collection of Italian gialli, cannibal, zombie, thrillers and ‘80s action hits. Along the way, Severin has elevated the oeuvres of such fringe auteurs as Andy Milligan, Al Adamson, Bruno Mattei, Frederick Friedel, Claudio Fragrasso, Umberto Lenzi and Goya-Award winner – and Severin patron saint – Jess Franco.

Severin also produces international projects for companies that include Second Sight UK, Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, Umbrella Australia, Arrow Video, The British Film Institute and The Criterion Collection.

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