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Jaume Collet-Serra,
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: Warner Home Video
: Horror, Slashers
: 113 min.
: English, Spanish, French
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A bunch of college students are stranded in a small town where suffering for art takes on a whole new meaning in this tale of terror. Carly (Elisha Cuthbert) and her boyfriend, Wade (Jared Padalecki), have hit the road with a handful of their friends to attend a championship college football game; tagging along with them are Carly's bratty friend Paige (Paris Hilton, Wade's trouble-making brother Nick (Chad Michael Murray), and Blake (Robert Ri'chard), Paige's latest boy toy. While camping out for the night, the gang makes the mistake of getting on the wrong side of a mysterious local redneck, and the next morning they discover that Wade's car no longer works. As the others continue on to the big game, Carly and Wade make their way into the closest town, Ambrose, and discover it's all but deserted, except for a local tourist attraction, the House of Wax. However, it isn't long before they find out why the wax sculptures at the museum look so freakishly real, and discover a pair of murderous brothers are keen on making them part of the next exhibit. House of Wax is an in-name-only remake of the well-remembered 1953 3-D horror outing starring Vincent Price, which was in turn based on the 1933 picture Mystery of the Wax Museum. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
October 23, 2005 - 7:59 AM PDT
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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Warner Bros' earlier version of HOUSE OF WAX scared the daylights out of me, but I was twelve years old at the time. In fabulous 3-D, it featured Vincent Price, the pert and pretty Phyllis Kirk, and my favorite Carolyn, waxing wonderfully as "Jones of Arc." Times--and films--change, and this remake/update admittedly has some creepy moments, as well as some nastily violent ones (prime among these, the finger through the grill).
Boasting the usual young and sexy cast (Paris Hilton proves again that she's imminently so-so), the movie offers some striking special effects. It runs maybe 15 minutes over its time limit, however, because it takes WAY too long to get rolling. No hit theatrically, this "House" may find its larger, less discriminating audience on DVD. You could do worse for Halloween. |
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