House of Wax

Jaume Collet-Serra

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House of Wax

Synopsis

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

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Cast

Elisha CuthbertCarly Jones
Chad Michael MurrayNick Jones
Brian Van HoltBo / Vincent
Paris HiltonPaige Edwards
Jared PadaleckiWade
Robert Ri'chardBlake
Jon AbrahamsDalton Chapman
Damon HerrimanRoadkill Driver
Dragicia DebertTrudy Sinclair
Murray SmithDr. Victor Sinclair

Recommendations

75
Christian Science Monitor
As a frightfest it's better than today's average.
63
Miami Herald
House of Wax won't give you nightmares, but it upholds teen horror traditions with flair and energy.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Acting is similarly routine with the glorious exception of Hilton, who is so bad she steals the show.
50
Village Voice
Only a nominal remake...Nevertheless, for gore aficionados (and probably no one else) the murders are worth the wait.
50
Entertainment Weekly
Except for when Paris is on screen giving us the winking sex eye, Wax is just a museum of gory, joyless, easy shocks.
40
Dallas Observer
Manages to be gruesome and grisly, but not particularly creepy or frightening.
40
L.A. Weekly
Boring.
25
Rolling Stone
Purists, be warned: This scare-flick quickie has as much relation to the 1953 Vincent Price classic with the same title as Paris Hilton does to acting.