It’s apparent that this installment exists somewhere in the middle—perhaps part two or three—of what seems to be a five-movie sequence. From the outset, the film gives the impression of picking up a story already underway, presenting characters with histories and futures beyond its own runtime. It has the feel of being positioned within a larger narrative arc. The movie is quite good; it's a historical drama, a…

The movie presents a Victorian horror story centered on a wax museum located in Baltimore. Initially conceived as a pilot episode for a television series featuring the museum’s owners, portrayed by Cesare Danova and Wilfrid Hyde-White, who would function as amateur detectives aiding law enforcement in solving disturbing cases, it was ultimately released in theaters because its intensity was deemed unsuitable for broa…