House of Wax

2005
R
1h 53m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

137K

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A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

137K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,017

1,012

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 11 nominations

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Watch House Of Wax Scene: What Happened To The Music?

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Watch House Of Wax Scene: Gas Station Fight

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Watch House Of Wax Scene: You're The Guy From The Campsite

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Watch House Of Wax Scene: Look At The Little Dog

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Watch House Of Wax Scene: I'm Looking For My Sister

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Watch House Of Wax Scene: Turn Off Your Lights!

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Watch House Of Wax Scene: I Can't Believe You're Making Me Do This

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Trivia
Director Jaume Collet-Serra insisted that practical effects be used as much as possible for the film. Visual effects were used when necessary which were used sparingly.

Goofs
Carly's height changes throughout the film. This is explained in the extras; because Jared Padalecki is so tall, Elisha Cuthbert wore wooden shoes in the scenes where her feet weren't shown. In some scenes, she is up to Wade's shoulder. In others, she is up to his chest.

Quotes
Blake: [after Dalton is given a make-over] He looks like Elton John, only more gay.
Dalton: Elton John is gay?

Crazy credits
Random letters in the end credits of the movie begin to melt down from the screen as they appear. Also, some pairs of letters are joined, just like Bo and Vincent when they were born.

Alternate versions
The uncut version is rated R21 in Singapore. Two scenes needed to be trimmed to secure an NC16 rating. First is the body dragging scene where the head slowly detaches itself from the torso. Next is the scene where the killer graphically removes a pole that is jammed into a female victim's head.

Connections
Featured in Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #12.137 (2005)

Soundtracks
Minerva
Written by Stephen Carpenter, Chi Cheng (as Chi Cheng), Abe Cunningham (as Abran Cunningham),
Frank Delgado and Chino Moreno (as Camilo Chino Moreno)
Performed by Deftones
Courtesy of Maverick Recording Company
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

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Featured review

7/10

Great Slasher!

I wasn't expecting to much of this movie when I went into the theater but I had been waiting for it for many years. To sum it up, it was pretty damn good! Chad Michael Murray was pretty good, I thought he was going to be another Chris Flynn from Wrong Turn but I was wrong. Elisha Cuthbert was also good but the best performance has to go to Brian Van Holt. He played the bad guy too well, I mean he was sick, sadistic, and very cruel. The back story between the brothers was good, plus I liked how no killings took place until about 40 minutes into the film. It gave you time to pick the character you wanted to see live and the one you wanted to see die. Jon Abrahams was pretty good as the goofy best bud of CMM. I liked how Chad kind of cried when he found him dead, it was better then just him being like, "Whatever, my buddy is dead, who cares". It showed how he really cared. So overall, this was a darn god slasher with some great effects. Bravo!