House of Wax

2005 "Prey. Slay. Display."
5.5| 1h53m| R| en
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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.

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Lawbolisted Powerful
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Tyson Hunsaker House of Wax had some solid things going for it from the beginning. The premise itself is already interesting and the idea of content a horror featuring a wax museum as the backdrop comes with intrigue for horror fans. It's interesting (and quite compelling) to watch and it makes some good use of frightening imagery related to its selling point: wax people. However, this film might leave audiences a little unsatisfying and generally disappointed overall. The movie is about a group of friends who run into car problems on their way to a college football game while camping out in the woods. When they encounter a stranger willing to help them, they stumble upon a strange little town with the building called "House of Wax." Upon arriving, they realize horrific things are lurking and the film unfolds like a game of survival and saving each other from the horrors of the town.To get it out of the way, the filmmakers make good use of some of this disturbing subject matter and present some quite horrific scenes and images. The film is indeed frightening at many parts and isn't afraid to make the viewer feel uneasy throughout the film. The movie understands its genre and takes advantage of it by presenting a solid scary movie that will ultimately make your stomach churn at parts. That being said, maybe the film understands the genre too well by not trying anything incredibly new. It wasn't as refreshing as expected since most of the "jump scares" and and horror clichés were predictable. Some of these were so obvious that it really can take the viewer out of the movie which can be frustrating to say the least. Performances are generally fine minus the exception for one or two of the members of the group that's presented. However, these are minor compared the very competent efforts of the leads stealing the spotlight. The film's biggest flaw rests with the script. Like mentioned before, characters do the classic "horror things" to do that make the audience pull their hair out. Plot holes are larger than appreciated and some of the dialogue that help create exposition for certain characters feel very forced and unnecessary. Taken all this into consideration, House of Wax does have some merit when it comes to its frightening and disturbing imagery. The film is effective in creeping the viewer out with several scenes and it eventually fulfills its purpose. It would've be fair to expect too much from this film but it can be a good time for those who appreciate the genre and are looking for an acceptable movie that won't disappoint all that much. Maintaining expectations for this one is essential or else audiences may be underwhelmed.
FlashCallahan Six friends are on their way to a football game, and decide to camp out for the night and continue driving the next day. The next day the friends find that they're having car troubles, so two of them accept a stranger's ride into a small town named Ambrose. The main attraction in Ambrose is the House of Wax. Except something is not right in this town, the wax figures are so realistic and the whole town is deserted - except for two murderous twin brothers. The six friends must fight to survive and escape from being the next exhibits in the House of Wax........Another remake of a famous horror by producers Zemeckis and Silver, and as expected, it's more of the same as their previous horror incarnations.We have a good looking cast of protagonists (and Paris Hilton, the stunt casting of the film), and the smouldering, rugged antagonist. And they always meet each other first, and on of the protagonists are always charmed by them.Happens in every horror remake of the last fifteen years, so it comes as no surprise that its business as usual in this movie.The main reason to watch this movie though is the product design, and like 13 Ghosts, House on Haunted Hill, and Ghost Ship,my he setting of the film is more involving than anything else happenings the film.The cast are predictably picked off one by one, there's chase after chase after chase after chase,and the gore factor is amped up for the blood thirsty teens in the audience.It's quaff-able stuff, great to look at, but give it too much thought, and you'll end up resenting yourself for watching it.
glory Nicol Okay, okay, I will not lie, the only reason I watched this movie in the first place was because I had heard that "Helena" by My Chemical Romance, was on the soundtrack. So, I watched the movie, and it wasn't until the closing credits that the song began to play! But I am not complaining. House of Wax was such a phenomenal movie, I went to FYE and bought it on DVD earlier this week! I absolutely loved Paris Hilton's acting (boo on me if you want, I do not care), and the bloopers are hilarious! My favorite parts were honestly either a) Paris Hilton's lip-balm scene, b)Wade getting his face peeled partially off by Dalton, then hacked off by Vincent, or c) Paris' death. I loved this movie SO much.
LeonLouisRicci Let's Get This Out of the Way Pronto. This is Not a Remake and has Very Little to do with the Vincent Price Movie that was a True Remake.It's a Grisly, Grimy, Unpleasant, Gore-Fest and Should Satisfy Fans of the Type. The Movie is Well Mounted but Not So Well Acted. But does Anyone Go to These Things for the Good Acting? What They do Go For is Bloody Killings of Stereotypical Teenagers and Some Style and Gaudy Goings on.This One has it and Gleefully Permits the Dark Atmosphere to be the Backdrop for the Parade of Slashings, Goughings, Beheadings, Amputations, and Skin Peeling. It's All Here in Arted-Up if Darkly Lit Dementia.The Back-Story is a bit Muddled but does Anyone Go to these Things for the Story? The Sets are Interesting in a Gothic Kind of Way and the Literal House of Wax is Done with Quite a Flare. Overall, an Underrated Movie for the Genre and it has the Added Bonus, Used in Some Promotions..."Come See Paris Hilton Die". This is One that Makes Good on what it is Selling. R Rated Violence with the Waxworks and the Wet-Works Artfully Signed and Delivered.