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06/24/06
House of Wax (2005)
26 %
Reviews Counted: 145 Fresh: 37 Rotten:108 Average Rating: 4.2/10
Consensus:
Bearing little resemblance to the 1953 original, House of Wax is a formulaic but better-than-average teen slasher flick.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: In this remake of the classic 1953 Andre de Toth film that starred Vincent Price, horrors abound in a creepy wax museum. A group of road-tripping Florida teenagers (Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Robert Ri'chard, Jared Padalecki, and Jon Abrahams) stop to camp near a... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki
Director: Jaume Collet-Sera
Screenwriter: Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes
Producer: Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Susan Levin
Composer: John Ottman
Screenwriter: Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes
Producer: Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, Susan Levin
Composer: John Ottman
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06/07/05
Meanwhile, the audience wonders when Paris Hilton will be eviscerated for their enjoyment.
06/04/05
[House of Wax] gleefully trots out all the clichés of the genre before going out in a blaze of glory with a truly spectacular final act.
05/26/05
Top Critic
This isn't so much a remake of the 1953 classic as a standard slasher movie grafted onto a familiar title.
05/22/05
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08/17/07
Top Critic
This Wax's infusion of Paris Hilton and flirty teen sex comedy retreads might have sent original wax maniac Vincent Price into spontaneous meltdown, without the need of heating fluid.
05/22/07
Not just fun and funny (don't forget, Paris Hilton's in it), but it's also surprisingly frightening.
02/26/07
Apparent kills are left unverified, handy firearms are left untouched, and the group splits up a record four times, ensuring most of these dolts will never see the dawn.
12/06/05
Mal actuada, mal editada, previsible de principio a fin y sin terror alguno de por medio, es una de esas cintas que deberían haberse quedado en la fase de proyecto.
11/26/05
Now, if you can just stay sane until the actual slasher portion of the flick takes off, you might be okay.
11/14/05
It's a bloody, messy little throwback that unintentionally brushes against fetish since it eventually dips so many of its hotties in hot wax.
11/04/05
House of Wax aims low and hits the mark. It has all the gory bloodshed you could ask for and all the right special effects.
10/19/05
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09/26/05
Top Critic
After one gets past the trendy casting of Paris Hilton, this above-average horror flick actually surfaces from the bloody pit of remakes clutching a few decent ideas.
09/02/05
The whole thing is vacuously enjoyable, downright nasty in places and, despite the fact that the ending is rushed, has a pretty spectacular finish.
07/21/05
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