a friend of mine and who be even more into 1970s cult film than myself and recommend this one to me and in fact give me the copy of it that i watch . however and i be not a enthusiastic about the result a he or and for that matter and michael elliott be . the film be a hybrid of house of wax ( 1953 ) and the texas chain saw massacre ( 1974 ) represent indeed and i would venture to say that it serve a the basis of the 2005 remake of the former much more than the original do . so and we have a remote and derelict wax museum of incredibly lifelike dummy ( guess why that be . ) with it apparently harmless curator ( a hammy chuck connors ) be invade by the obligatory group of stranded teenager ( among them tanya robert ) . he also have a mad brother shade of psycho ( 1960 ) incorporate for good measure and down to the self same twist who be suppose to be a mechanical genius ( showcased in a poltergeist which unaccountably accompany the first murder ) . the film do benefit from a pino donaggio score but and be so derivative and not especially well make to boot and essentially end up merely a redundant ( and fairly muddle ) genre effort .