Filled with the usual contemporary horror staples, most notably lots of rusty torture implements and cellphones that tend to scurry mischievously out of reach just as the villain bears down on his prey.
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House of Wax (2005)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:6
Rotten:23
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Bearing little resemblance to the 1953 original, House of Wax is a formulaic but better-than-average teen slasher flick.
Theatrical Release:2005-Summer
Box Office: $32,000,834
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... [More]
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton
Director: Jaume Collet-Sera
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Reviews for House of Wax
Top CriticIt had a great sense of humor about itself.
05/09/05
Top CriticYou'll be rooting for these people to get slaughtered out of sheer boredom.
05/06/05
Top CriticThis movie gives it to you, as no movie has in some years.
05/06/05
Top CriticWhen the cast starts wondering where the roadkill is, someone says, 'Follow the smell.' Good tip: That's how you'll know where Wax is playing.
05/06/05
Top CriticA very stupid, very nasty and very messy horror film.
05/06/05
Top CriticThe debut feature from director Jaume Collet-Serra does two things rare in the horror genre: It takes its time and it actually gets better as it goes along.
05/06/05
Top CriticThe movie would have been creepier if it had shut us inside the museum, and given us more creative wax-based killings instead of revisiting familiar slasher-flick stuff.
05/06/05
Top CriticA remake in title only, this House of Wax is mostly inspired by The Twilight Zone and the Friday the 13th movies.
05/06/05
Top CriticYet for a so-called exploitation film, Wax is slow to exploit. Its leisurely setup is a fright-challenged snooze, and at nearly two hours it's bloated for a slasher flick.
05/06/05
Top CriticThe original was shot in 3-D; this, by contrast, is 1-D all the way.
05/06/05
Top CriticThere is not one redeeming moment in this movie, unless you consider Paris Hilton stripping down to her underwear and getting killed redeeming.
05/06/05
Top CriticThe acting in House of Wax is as horrible as you might expect.
05/06/05
Top CriticThe acting in House of Wax ranges from bad to worse.
05/06/05
Top CriticHouse of Wax is not a good movie but it is an efficient one, and will deliver most of what anyone attending House of Wax could reasonably expect, assuming it would be unreasonable to expect very much.
05/06/05
Top CriticRelated to the 1953 Vincent Price film in name, embalming technique and Warner Bros. pedigree only, the new House of Wax is a dreary, predictable tale.
05/05/05
Top CriticThe 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.
05/05/05
Top CriticA by-the-numbers slasher flick.
05/05/05
Top CriticHouse of Wax is a sturdy and cohesive representative of what tends to be a flimsy and tawdry B-movie genre.
05/05/05
Top CriticA crummy horror flick.
05/05/05
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September 23, 2008:
Selsus.com: Cekici, seksi, zevkli ve urpertici bir korku. 
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