This is a well-made film with a lot more gore than you're expecting and a lot less humor than you're expecting.
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06/16/05
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House of Wax (2005)
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Reviews Counted:145
Fresh:37
Rotten:108
Average Rating:4.3/10
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
It adheres strictly to teen-slasher formula before simply melting away.
06/14/05
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06/07/05
Qualquer filme no qual Paris Hilton se revele a figura mais sensata certamente tem algo de muito errado.
06/04/05
Meanwhile, the audience wonders when Paris Hilton will be eviscerated for their enjoyment.
06/04/05
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05/27/05
[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
Makes up for its idiot plot with a gallon of gore.
05/24/05
Plastic Paris looks right at home in this melted down remake.
05/23/05
...a throwaway thriller...Serra conjures up a pseudo-sizzling frightfest that’s not imaginative enough to force a dead tick off a shaggy dog’s hind leg.
05/22/05
This isn't so much a remake of the 1953 classic as a standard slasher movie grafted onto a familiar title.
05/22/05
We'll always have Paris. But for almost an hour, we endure these dumb children bickering, wandering aimlessly, insulting local hayseeds, and not having sex. That's hot.
05/20/05
Gives new meaning to the term "snuff film."
05/19/05
Serra brings the universal fear of disfigurement an old fashioned treatment, with natural pacing and a lack of abrasive special effects (until the terrific looking climax.)
05/18/05
OK, guys, let’s just cut to the chase: Paris Hilton does not bare all in “House of Wax.” That said, the show isn’t as awful as I had anticipated.
05/15/05
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05/14/05
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05/14/05
Fright films that deliver the shocking goods with noticeable dashes of wit and style are so hard to find these days, even a flawed one such as House of Wax deserves to be given a chance.
05/14/05
Not a classic by any means, but satisfactory in the basics of the genre.
05/14/05
Should make horror fans quite content.
05/14/05
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