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	House of Wax (2005 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		House of Wax is a 2005 horror/thriller film, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
		Nick and Carly are running through the town toward the House of Wax, but Carly remembers seeing an elderly woman look out of her window earlier that day when Wade and she first walked through the town.
		The entire House of Wax is starting to melt due to the flame that heats up the cauldrom of wax that Vincent uses to cover his 'victims' in wax.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Wax_(2005_film) (2729 words)

	House of Wax (1953 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		House of Wax is a 1953 American horror film starring Vincent Price.
		But when Cathy’s friend, Sue Allen (Phyllis Kirk), visits the museum, she makes a discovery that leads to the horrifying truth behind the House of Wax: it is full of murdered people coated in wax.
		House of Wax was always shown in dual interlocked 35 mm projection with polarized glasses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Wax_(1953_movie) (459 words)

	SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: HOUSE OF WAX
		A man discovers a friend in a waxing apparatus, but when he tries to remove the contraption on his head, the head comes off (mostly heard, but partially seen, but with no blood as the person is already dead from an earlier decapitation).
		Wax is then applied to all facial hair and then yanked off before hot wax is sprayed all over the victim's body (with a metal apparatus featuring many sharp sprayers that initially seem might be impaled into the man's head, but aren't).
		Wax is applied to all of a man's facial hair and then yanked off before hot wax is sprayed all over the victim's body.
	www.screenit.com /movies/2005/house_of_wax.html (5186 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - House of Wax (2005)
		"House of Wax," a reinvisioning of the 1953 Vincent Price B-movie, borrows the general idea behind that film—a madman who turns his victims into wax figures for his ghastly museum—to concoct an affectionate throwback to the slasher genre of the '80s and '90s, albeit one smarter, more stylish, and eerier than most.
		Whereas most slasher films fall apart when dealing with their characters and bringing their stories to a conclusion, "House of Wax" features people who may just turn out to be victims, but seem genuine as a group of college-aged friends who are unaware of the danger lurking just around the corner.
		"House of Wax" is the first unequivocally good—and often downright great—popcorn entertainment of the still-early summer movie season, and the most satisfying release from Robert Zemeckis' Dark Castle horror label, to date.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/h/05_houseofwax.htm (1096 words)

	webhorror.com reviews
		House of Wax (House) is a remake of the original Mystery of the Wax Museum (Mystery) released 20 years earlier.
		The extras are definitely lacking, but there is an interesting short clip from the premier of House of Wax that shows silent footage of some of the stars that attended including an aging Bela Lugosi in his full Dracula costume.
		House of Wax is the feature I was most interested in having never before seen Mystery of the Wax Museum, but that is a good movie in it's own right and is deserving of a separate release.
	www.webhorror.com /reviews/e_l/house_of_wax/house_of_wax.html (1150 words)

	Filmtracks: House of Wax (John Ottman)
		House of Wax: (John Ottman) There really seem to be only two reasons why this teenie horror flick got made; either the filmmakers and studio determined that young audiences raised in the Scream era still haven't had enough of the typical mass killings of dumb youths in ridiculous circumstances, or...
		The 2005 version of House of Wax is an insult to the classic 1953 Vincent Price thriller, without a doubt, and the film's name has been yanked from the esteemed Hollywood legend simply for the purposes of selling this new abomination.
		Essentially, the plot of the current House of Wax involves some kids who get side-tracked on their way to a football game and end up in a small town that is a time capsule of the 1960's.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/house_wax.html (936 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: House of Wax (xhtml)
		The characters in "House of Wax" are in their 20s and yet still repeat the fatal errors of all the "Friday the 13th" kids who checked into Camp Crystal Lake and didn't check out.
		Carly and Wade are attracted to a mysterious House of Wax that dominates the town much as the Bates home towered above "Psycho." Wade scratches a wall of the house and says, "It is wax -- literally!" This is either an omen, or the homeowners were victimized by siding salesmen.
		"House 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.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050505/REVIEWS/50426003/1023 (713 words)

	Hollywood Gothique: House of Wax (2005) Review
		More impressive, the titular museum is a literal "House of Wax" -- not just the dummies but the walls and furnishings, which makes for a spectacularly gooey climax when a fire breaks out near the end.
		The other vestige of the old film is the killer whose real face is covered with a wax mask, but this little detail is so overwhelmed by other gross-out scenes that it is ultimately anti-climactic and pointless.
		Despite changing the title, the 1953 version of HOUSE OF WAX stuck closely to the plot of the older film.
	hollywoodgothique.com /houseofwax2005.html (846 words)

	DVD review of House of Wax (2005) - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		There was nothing impossible about the idea of crazed sculptors killing people and covering their bodies in wax; it's an unpleasant idea, surely, repulsive and scary, but it's not completely out of the realm of believability.
		In the center of town is a "House of Wax," a building made completely of wax--the walls, the doors, the furniture, and the people.
		"House of Wax" is rated R for all the regular reasons: Blood, gore, mayhem, maimings, knifings, impalings, finger snippings (ouch, that's gotta hurt!), and decapitations.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/houseofwax2005/16817/3202 (1657 words)

	Arrow In The Head's movie review of House of Wax: Elisha Cuthbert/Carly,Chad Michael Murray/Nick,Brian Van ...
		Well yes and no. House of Wax was an odd experience for me where on paper; it was ho-hum to say the least but I still managed to digest its rotten meat to have a good time with it none the less.
		Overall, House of Wax was a pedestrian and actually dumber than the norm “stranded teens, hunted by psychos” entry that I forgave due to its endearing mean streak, its red splashes and it solid production values.
		House of Wax and their first film House on Haunted Hill are their only two good films.
	www.joblo.com /arrow/reviews.php?id=954 (1432 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: House of Wax
		House of Wax is a pulpy murder melodrama directed with staid yet effective style by André de Toth.
		House of Wax is famous for being the most successful film to ride the fifties' 3-D wave, an effect its director deployed with gusto.
		The chief extra is Round-the-Clock Premiere: Coast Hails House of Wax, two minutes of fl-and-white newsreel footage of the House of Wax midnight premiere at the Paramount theater.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/h/houseofwax.q.shtml (867 words)

	'House of Wax' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		However, during a preview screening of "House of Wax," the audience spontaneously applauded when horror came calling for the heiress.
		Beheadings are old hat in horror movies, and "House of Wax" has one, plus a scene or two that are startling.
		Having the museum's walls and floors be constructed out of wax is a brilliant stroke, and a bit about Paris and her boyfriend on videotape seems an obvious reference to her own checkered past.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05126/499792.stm (838 words)

	House of Wax [2005]
		I never expected House of Wax to get any Oscars, but I did think that maybe it would be a nice popcorn flick while watching the little WB kiddies get slaughtered.
		House of Wax is living proof that an original idea doesn't always equal a good idea.
		When House of Wax heads to your local video store, this new feature will be your best friend and only hope of enjoying this mess.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/HouseOfWax/HouseOfWax.html (825 words)

	House of Wax (2005): Reviews
		House of Wax won't give you nightmares, but it upholds teen horror traditions with flair and energy.
		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.
		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.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/houseofwax (1193 words)

	House of Wax
		A bunch of kids are on their way to a football game when they get sidetracked and find themselves in Ambrose, a town so small it does not even appear on the maps.
		Paris Hilton (The Cat in the Hat, Raising Helen) makes her official acting debut (after a number of cameos and one other 'unofficial' debut), which seems to be one of the selling points of House of Wax.
		They enter a House of Wax, where they soon realize the figures are real people encased in wax.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/house_wax.html (453 words)

	From waxy buildup to final meltdown, a scary but fun ride
		"House of Wax" shares its title with a 1953 film starring Vincent Price, which through sheer willpower and a decent respect for the preciousness of time, I have managed not to see.
		They tried that on Fay Wray in the original, and she was so good at screaming that they cast her in "King Kong." "House of Wax" doesn't lose its hold on the viewer once its mystery is revealed.
		Seeing her turn into wax would be as bad as seeing that happen to Glenda Farrell (the star of the 1933 version).
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/06/DDGIJCK5E81.DTL&type=movies (578 words)

	House of Wax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Aside from the fact that it depicts no celebrities and apparently has no chamber of horrors it is quite literally built entirely of wax.
		Here would be a good opportunity for the filmmaker to switch from the predictability of splatter films to the relatively literate conventions of wax museum movies, which have a respectable legacy in the genre of film horror.
		House of Wax with Vincent Price and a very young Charles Bronson.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies10/HouseofWax.htm (521 words)

	House of Wax
		The makers of "House of Wax" display momentary flashes of imagination, but the film is mostly a routine slasher flick aimed at the youth market.
		Actually, this House of Wax takes its name literally -- everything including the house itself is made of wax.
		The first graphically details the process of embalming a still-living body in wax -- the knife wounds and repairs, the trussing and securing of the body and the spraying of hot wax on an incapacitated person unable to scream.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000895428 (659 words)

	Monstervision 100% Weird proudly presents House of Wax
		How were they going to entice viewers away from the comfort of their living rooms and back into the bosoms of the movie theaters where they belong?
		The result of this savvy move is this week's 100% Weird flick, House of Wax.
		House of Wax, directed by Hungarian-born Andre De Toth, is actually a remake of Warner's 1933 flick The Mystery of the Wax Museum (interestingly enough, also directed by a Hungarian, Michael Curtiz).
	www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/HouseOfWax.html (730 words)

	JoBlo's movie review of House of Wax: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton
		I also thought the film looked really nice, and the house of wax itself, as well as the small town in which it rested, were well designed.
		All that said, you really have to look at a film like HOUSE OF WAX, starring a bunch of teens getting murdered by a madman, for what it is, and if it delivers in the realm of scares and entertainment.
		"House of Wax" is an entertaining slasher movie with a hot cast, a somewhat new premise, and an overall fun flick to watch.
	www.joblo.com /reviews.php?mode=joblo_movies&id=1213 (836 words)

	Hollywood Gothique: House of Wax (1953) Review
		HOUSE OF WAX was eagerly embraced by the audiences of its day, earning a spectacular $4.3-million (at 1953 ticket prices).
		Seen today, on home video or at occasional 3-D theatrical revivals, HOUSE OF WAX is an interesting museum piece, worth watching for the stereoscopic effects and as an example of old-fashioned horror filmmaking.
		Although HOUSE OF WAX did not generate a sequel, the box office returns did spawn a brief wave of 3D thrillers, including a sort of unofficial follow up: Vincent Price played a similar role in Columbia Pictures’ THE MAD MAGICIAN (1954), which was written by Crane Wilbur, who had also scripted HOUSE OF WAX.
	www.hollywoodgothique.com /houseofwax1953.html (981 words)

	House of Wax (2005)
		The 1953 film House of Wax introduced fans of Gothic horror to Vincent Price, who played a troubled artist fond of using his murder victims to populate a prominent wax museum.
		The 2005 House of Wax is in no way a remake of the Price classic, but it gets one thing right in depicting the wax museum as a tacky anachronism.
		And one could never accuse Trudy’s of false advertising – the entire structure is made of wax, right down to the walls, floors, furniture and (of course) the inanimate residents.
	www.scifidimensions.com /May05/houseofwax.htm (523 words)

	House of Wax (1953) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Crane Wilbur's screenplay has well researched details (regarding how wax sculpting works, the effects of chemical burns for example) improves on the 1933 original.
		HOUSE OF WAX's most famous element is that it was made in 3-D. This new gimmick, meant to lure television viewers back to the box office was novel, but it had it's kinks.
		HOUSE OF WAX is a lot of fun, and was a big hit at the time.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0045888 (662 words)

	CanMag- Movie Review- House of Wax Review
		House of Wax starts out very slow and it's almost an hour in to the film before it really gets started.
		House of Wax takes advantage of its R rating and really layers in the blood and decapitations.
		There is a really detailed scene involving the "waxing" process that will gross out a few people and some of the deaths are quite gruesome.
	www.canmag.com /news/4/3/1148 (619 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: House Of Wax [2005]: DVD: Elisha Cuthbert,Chad Michael Murray,Brian Van Holt,Paris Hilton,Jared Padalecki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The dialogue and characterisation in "House of Wax" is cliched and uninspired and the action is mostly predictable, although the acting itself is reasonably good.
		For me,the highlight of the movie was the House of Wax itself, a superb Gothic creation and the stunning special effects in it at the end are the saving grace of a fairly run of the mill "horror" movie.
		But when the action starts, House of Wax takes on a nearly 70s splatter film type genre, which was totally unexpected.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000A3DBDA (1448 words)

	DVD Empire - Item - House Of Wax / DVD-Video
		They soon find out that the town is not what it seems and they must find their way out before they fall victim to its ghoulishly inventive killers.
		While "House of Wax" is never as awful as I expected, it ends up just being mediocre as a pointless horror installment with all the usual characters, and pretty bad acting all around.
		While Serra does manage to show some sick and beautiful imagery, and it can tend to be entertaining in some respects, it's a shame a logical compelling story couldn't have been told, instead of watching pretty WB stars run for their lives.
	www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=739149 (335 words)

	House of Wax - Reviews - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au
		It's associated with both light and dark, with illumination and simulation, birthday cakes and death masks, fake fruit and effigies, official seals and beauty salons.
		Otherwise, this is a standard teen-slasher flick, competently executed by first-time director Jaume Collet-Serra, with some deftly unpleasant moments involving severed digits, lips glued together, and bodies parts being chopped or pierced and turned into living effigies.
		Its characters are a small band of friends en route to a college football game, who make a bad fist of their travel arrangements.
	www.theage.com.au /news/reviews/house-of-wax/2005/07/13/1120934295446.html (542 words)

	House of Wax (2005): Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton - PopMatters Film Review
		The couples, though, are the least of House of Wax's concerns, mere devices to get the young people into various states of undress or vulnerability.
		When, finally, Wade and Carly stumble on the literal "House of Wax" (a local museum featuring wax figures, wax walls, wax furniture, wax floors -- apparently the sun does not shine too fiercely in Ambrose), you're feeling ready to have their adventure over with already.
		Here Carly and Wade are separated, meaning only that he is the film's first casualty, while she discovers the monstrosity of their host and must now take up the Final Girl's usual routine, namely, running, losing her cell phone, and crying until Nick shows up to save her.
	popmatters.com /film/reviews/h/house-of-wax.shtml (814 words)

	House of Wax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In order to rebuild his wax museum after a fire, Professor Henry Jarrod has resorted to using human bodies covered with wax.
		One visitor is convinced that the "Joan of Arc" is in fact the body of a friend, which had been stolen from the morgue.
		House of Wax / Juggling in Movies / movies@juggling.org © 2000 Juggling Information Service.
	www.juggling.org /movies/title/House_of_Wax.html (108 words)

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