Movies Like Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)

Waxwork II: Lost in Time is a 1992 comedy, fantasy, horror film from Anthony Hickox with a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Waxwork and Something Creeping in the Dark.

Comedy Fantasy Horror

Waxwork

1988

Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicious.

6.1

MagicScore

Something Creeping in the Dark

1971

A group of stranded travelers takes refuge in an old abandoned house, only to find out that they are not the only residents of the building.

4.9

MagicScore

Sinister 2

2015

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

5.9

MagicScore

Mr. Vampire

1985

After the planned reburial of a village elder goes awry and the corpse resurrects into a hopping vampire, a Taoist priest and his two disciples attempt to stop him.

6.9

MagicScore

The Revenge of Frankenstein

1958

Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.

6.6

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Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

6.7

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The House That Dripped Blood

1971

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

6.3

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House of Dracula

1945

A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.

5.5

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Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

1987

When Hamilton High’s Prom Queen of 1957, Mary Lou Maloney is killed by her jilted boyfriend, she comes back for revenge thirty years later.

6.1

MagicScore

#10

The House Where Evil Dwells

1982

At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.

4.0

MagicScore

#11

The Wailing

2016

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

The Deep House

2021

While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realise the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.

6.0

MagicScore

#13

Hunchback of the Morgue

1973

A hunchback working in a morgue falls in love with a sick woman. He goes berserk when she dies and seeks help from a scientist to bring her back from the dead.

5.9

MagicScore

#14

C.H.U.D.

1984

A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

Waxworks

1924

A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing, the poet and the daughter of the owner, Eva, fantasize the fantastic stories and fall in love for each other.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

House of Wax

2005

A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

2018

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

7.1

MagicScore

#18

Ghost Killer

2025

After being possessed by the ghost of vengeful hitman Kudo, college student Fumika Matsuoka agrees to help him finish his quest for revenge from beyond the grave.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Beetlejuice

1988

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Hereditary

2018

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Waxwork II: Lost in Time?

The top films similar to Waxwork II: Lost in Time by MovieMagicScore are Waxwork (6.1), Something Creeping in the Dark (4.9), Sinister 2 (5.9). Each shares comedy/fantasy/horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Waxwork II: Lost in Time worth watching?

Waxwork II: Lost in Time holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10 from 132 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Waxwork II: Lost in Time?

Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) is a comedy, fantasy, horror film directed by Anthony Hickox, starring Zach Galligan, Monika Schnarre, Martin Kemp.

Where can I find more recommendations like Waxwork II: Lost in Time?

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This ranked list pairs Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992), a comedy and fantasy and horror film from Anthony Hickox, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Zach Galligan take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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