House of Wax

Name: House of Wax
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: May 6, 2005
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 41
Cast: Chad Michael Murray, Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton

2005

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HOUSE OF WAX

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 6, 2005

Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton

Summary: What begins as a weekend getaway for six friends becomes a terrifying fight for their lives in House of Wax, an exciting re-imagining of the 1953 horror classic. (Warner Bros.)

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 113 min

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68	#68 Most Shared Movie of 2005

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Washington Post - Stephen Hunter

This movie gives it to you, as no movie has in some years. Okay, if that's not your part of the swamp, don't go into it. Read full review

Philadelphia Inquirer - David Hiltbrand

A sturdy and cohesive representative of what tends to be a flimsy and tawdry B-movie genre. It even has a moral: People who live in wax houses shouldn't start fires. Read full review

The New York Times - Dana Stevens

The set design is fairly elaborate by the standards of the genre, and the victims don't die in precisely the order you might expect, but everything else goes pretty much according to formula, including a last-minute plot twist that opens the creaky door to a sequel. Read full review

New York Daily News - Jack Mathews

It's a good thing Jaume Serra's House of Wax wasn't shot in 3-D like the original 1953 horror classic - Paris Hilton is in it and she doesn't have a third dimension. Read full review

Salon - Stephanie Zacharek

Paris Hilton is the big draw in Jaume Collet-Serra's not-really-a-remake horror-slasher thriller House of Wax, and she'd have to be: There's so little else going on in it that you find yourself waiting for her few brief scenes. Read full review

Boston Globe - Wesley Morris

For Hilton haters, the stupid and grotesque remake of House of Wax will only stoke their schadenfreude. Read full review

Variety - Scott Foundas

Direly predictable, with candle-drip pacing and a pervasive unpleasantness. Read full review

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Jul 13, 2015

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RafaFigueiredo

Jul 9, 2016

É um filme perfeito, com ótimas atuações principalmente da Elisha Cuthbert, que dá ao filme uma forte dose de entusiasmo com o seu desempenho semelhante ao de Jamie Lee Curtis

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Rikiege

Jan 22, 2013

A movie very unpredictable and full of gore and scenes that will leave you open-mouthed.

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inaneswine

Nov 14, 2017

In spite of its negligible plot - a group of youths are thrown in the path of a deranged wax sculptor - this film has a lot going for it. The script may be less than brilliant, but it has a fairly tight story, impressive special effects and a great sense of tension and atmosphere as opposedIn spite of its negligible plot - a group of youths are thrown in the path of a deranged wax sculptor - this film has a lot going for it. The script may be less than brilliant, but it has a fairly tight story, impressive special effects and a great sense of tension and atmosphere as opposed to simple gore tactics. It's just a shame that the film-makers still felt compelled to throw in Paris Hilton, who is there for no reason other than some gratuitous T&A scenes.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

jimmytancredi

May 29, 2011

Seriously, I donâ

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Potter17

Sep 26, 2011

The wax statues were well-done as well as the ghost town. And I must admit that I had some chills but, even them weren't enough to compensate the bad acting (except for Cuthbert) and poor storyline.

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AndrewB.

Feb 28, 2007

HORRIBLE MOVIE! I never seen the original but this movie is bad, just the main point in travel, they left to go to the super bowl which they didn't even have tickets to and if they scalpt tickets they would be REALLY expensive. but they make it far enough to a town they never heard of HORRIBLE MOVIE! I never seen the original but this movie is bad, just the main point in travel, they left to go to the super bowl which they didn't even have tickets to and if they scalpt tickets they would be REALLY expensive. but they make it far enough to a town they never heard of before(well two of them do) and the others go on even farther to the super bowl and then deside to turn around and go back after being stuck in trafic on a highway which there is no turn around while people in the back seat are sayin "TURN AROUND, LETS GO BACK!" STUPID!!! so they do turn back, retarded. and the other part i remember is when those 2 first go into the wax house and then she see's something outside in the window looking in and gets freaked out, and he goes outside to see what/who it was, it's a free country, people can be outside, and besides that whoever it was, they were just looking in the window, no actually walking into the place and touchin and metting a little wax. and she stays INSIDE the wax house while he goes outside to see what it was outside, f-ing stupid.… Expand

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