House of Wax (1953)

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6.8	Rating (208 ratings)
7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

André De Toth

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Vincent Price
Prof. Henry Jarrod

Frank Lovejoy
Det. Lt. Tom Brennan

Phyllis Kirk
Sue Allen

Carolyn Jones
Cathy Gray

Paul Picerni
Scott Andrews

Roy Roberts
Matthew Burke

Angela Clarke
Mrs. Andrews

Paul Cavanagh
Sidney Wallace

Written by

Crane Wilbur
(screenplay)

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House of Wax

15 years, 8 months ago at Jul 4 3:14

topaz

Great Vincent Price thriller with all the appropriate ingredients that are expected from a movie with him. Nice guys turns bad and wants revenge.

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12 years, 4 months ago at Oct 13 3:02

indianastar

House of Wax is a unique film for the 50s and this is one time I'm reviewing a remake no not the 2005 one but the one in 1953 that was a remake of the 1933 movie Mystery of the Wax Museum but the one I saw was the 1953 one it stars Vincent Price as Henry Jarrod who runs a wax museum he treats all the wax figures as if they were real people he give a few people a tour and his partner comes in to te... read more

House of Wax

6 years, 2 months ago at Dec 25 2:29

JxSxPx

The original selling point for House of Wax was the 3D technology and stereophonic sound, not to mention the completely unnatural color scheme (not a complaint), but the film’s legacy remains in Vincent Price’s tortured, hammy performance. Come for can-can dancers sticking their legs and rumps directly into the camera, stay for Price’s burn victim makeup and stalking the night for corpses. I... read more

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A museum fire turns a handsome man into a human monster who steals the bodies of his victims from the morgue to create life-like waximages.

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"25.8. 2024 A sculptor turns into a serial killer after losing his life's work in a fire. This simple, old-fashioned horror flick feels quite short but at least the story doesn't drag at all and slight touches of dark comedy make it a bit more memorable than average. "House of Wax" is still relevant as a commentary on the obsession of eternal beauty"