Price is an artist, who wants his wax museum to be a palace of education and beauty. Unfortunately, his partner just wants the insurance money. Price survives the subsequent flames, acquiring a scarred face and hands, along with a desire to give the public the gruesomeness it wants. He also has a new method for creating his wax figures...

Excellent film that survives the hokum of 3-D, in no small part thanks to the canny decision to make the film a period piece, thus making it timeless. The rest is thanks to a capable cast, especially Price's sympathetic madman. A remake of Mystery of the Wax Museum, it stands quite well on it's own. The 2005 film of the same name is only related by title, and is unworthy of mention here.