DARK CITY, MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM

FINDING SHELL BEACH.  “Dark City” (1998) got mixed reviews and tanked at the box office, but then so did Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent classic “Metropolis.”  Dark City director/producer Alex Proyas has given moviegoers a mind-bending neo-expressionist classic that could prompt nightmares for a week of Sundays.  A real trip, I was swept along by this gem in wide screen and surround sound DVD that I found in early March for $1.50 at McCarron Lake’s thrift store.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrGSLMl1XFs

Yet another restoration for the 1933 horror classic “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” Tom Weaver reports in the July 2020 edition of Classic Images magazine.  The new blu-ray avoids the blue night scenes and garish pink skin tones seen in the 2000 restoration by Turner Video, which I scored at Brand Name Deals liquidation store several years ago.  Wax Museum is very neo-expressionist with dark street scenes.  The 50s remake House of Wax featured Vincent Price in 3-D which I saw at the Walker a few years ago.