6 Best Wax Museum Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 22, 2026

A wax figure’s uncanny stillness has haunted horror for decades. House of Wax appears in 1953 and 2005 versions, Mystery of the Wax Museum from 1933 started it all, and Waxwork and Waxwork II trap visitors in the exhibits’ deadly scenarios. Tourist Trap has a roadside museum owner with telekinetic powers.

House of Wax (2005)

TMDB ★ 5.6

A group of friends stranded near an abandoned wax museum discover its horrifying secret.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra · 1h 53m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Survivors of a haunted wax museum are hurled through a portal into a series of deadly alternate realities.

Directed by Anthony Hickox · 1h 44m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Waxwork (1988)

TMDB ★ 6.2

A group of teenagers touring a mysterious wax museum find themselves trapped inside its horrifying exhibits.

Directed by Anthony Hickox · 1h 37m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Tourist Trap (1979)

TMDB ★ 6.3

Stranded travellers at a roadside museum discover its telekinetic owner's collection of eerily lifelike mannequins.

Directed by David Schmoeller · 1h 29m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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House of Wax (1953)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A vengeful, scarred sculptor populates his new wax museum with the bodies of his murder victims.

Directed by André de Toth · 1h 28m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A disfigured sculptor rebuilds his ruined wax museum using a horrifying and deadly new method.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 18m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Wax Museum Movies

House of Wax (2005)

Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)

Waxwork (1988)

Tourist Trap (1979)

House of Wax (1953)

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

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