La maison de cire

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poster Nightmare in Wax
Nightmare in Wax
98mn - Horror
The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.
poster The Vain Parlor Maid
The Vain Parlor Maid
(2.7/5)
4mn - Comedy
A housemaid is cleaning a studio. When she sees a sculpture of a nude woman in life-size, lying on a couch, she starts to compare this idealized body with her own. She takes off her clothes one by one, th…
poster The Man with Wax Faces
The Man with Wax Faces
11mn - Horror, Thriller
A man does not know what fear is. His good friend dares him to spend one night in a scary place. A house of wax will get the job done.
poster The Haunted House
The Haunted House
(3.5/5)
7mn - Animation, Comedy, Family
Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along.
poster The House of Fear
The House of Fear
(3.7/5)
57mn - Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by o…
poster The Sealed Room
The Sealed Room
11mn - Romance, Drama, History
The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But unbeknownst to the Count, his wife has set her eyes on…
poster Waxworks
Waxworks
(3.3/5)
83mn - Fantasy, Drama, Horror
A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize…
poster The Bewitched House
The Bewitched House
6mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.
poster The House of Darkness
The House of Darkness
17mn - Drama
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes his pursuers, and acquires a gun. He soon comes to a hous…
poster The Smiling Madame Beudet
The Smiling Madame Beudet
(4/5)
54mn - Drama
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
poster The Burning Crucible
The Burning Crucible
(3.7/5)
97mn - Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really loves her. He, on t…
poster The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror
(2.8/5)
102mn - History, Drama
The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his und…
poster Hypocrites
Hypocrites
(3.3/5)
54mn - Drama
The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.
poster Die Flamme
Die Flamme
(3.4/5)
15mn - Drama
In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.
poster The Play House
The Play House
18mn - Comedy, Fantasy
After waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
poster The Haunted House
The Haunted House
21mn - Comedy, Horror
A bank teller who becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house.
poster Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly
Le ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly
(3.5/5)
7mn - Romance
Le Ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly is a bisexual, hardcore pornographic film from France. It is notable for being the earliest known adult film to incorporate bisexual and homosexual intercourse. It in…
poster Man in the Attic
Man in the Attic
(3.1/5)
82mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harle…
poster The Red House
The Red House
(3.4/5)
100mn - Mystery, Thriller, Drama
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
poster Faust and Marguerite
Faust and Marguerite
4mn - Drama, Fantasy
Melies second attempt at telling the story of Faust. This time out Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.
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