Wax museums: the creepy subject of many a horror movie and a fair few TV shows. This one opens in Ferguson's Wax Museum, where Martin Lombard Senescu (Martin Balsam) is curator of Murderers Row, a display of infamous killers throughout history, including bodysnatchers Burke and Hare and the mysterious Jack the Ripper.
When museum owner Ernest Ferguson (Will Kuluva) tells Martin that he has sold the museum to be redeveloped as a supermarket, Martin insists that the wax figures he has cared for for so long be stored in his basement until he can set up a new museum of his own. Martin's wife Emma is initially understanding, but becomes upset when her husband's obsession takes over his life; at night, she decides to destroy the figures by turning off the air conditioning unit, but Jack the Ripper kills her with his knife.
When Martin discovers his dead wife, he buries her body in the basement. Other murders follow, the wax figures coming to life to kill various people who pay unwelcome visits to Martin's home, but are the statues really responsible or has Martin flipped his wig and become a murderer himself?
At fifty minutes long, this is another episode that would have been better served by the show's shorter format: the story is drawn out and the ending predictable, and although it's far from the worst that this particular season has to offer, it's a long way from the best as well.
4.5/10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.
When museum owner Ernest Ferguson (Will Kuluva) tells Martin that he has sold the museum to be redeveloped as a supermarket, Martin insists that the wax figures he has cared for for so long be stored in his basement until he can set up a new museum of his own. Martin's wife Emma is initially understanding, but becomes upset when her husband's obsession takes over his life; at night, she decides to destroy the figures by turning off the air conditioning unit, but Jack the Ripper kills her with his knife.
When Martin discovers his dead wife, he buries her body in the basement. Other murders follow, the wax figures coming to life to kill various people who pay unwelcome visits to Martin's home, but are the statues really responsible or has Martin flipped his wig and become a murderer himself?
At fifty minutes long, this is another episode that would have been better served by the show's shorter format: the story is drawn out and the ending predictable, and although it's far from the worst that this particular season has to offer, it's a long way from the best as well.
4.5/10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.