House of Wax

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Hector I This '50s film is one of the first color films I've seen from the '50s. The story is fairly classic, following the life of a zany artist who creates wax models with almost maniacal care and wishes to bring them to life. Following a disagreement with his partner, the latter burns down his wax museum and him in it. He escapes, but has gone mad. And so begins a veritable vendetta, in which he finds all those responsible for his misfortune and kills them to make them part of his masterpiece, his museum of wax horrors! Vincent Price is as masterful and frightening as ever; the story sounds like a Hammer horror tale, really nice to watch, but not as good as The House on Haunted Hill. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/25 Full Review Deontae D This movie is ok, It was my first time watching Vincent price house of wax (1953), It's a remake of the 1933 mystery of the wax museum, I need to check that one out too, I still like the 2005 remake though, But this one was pretty good. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review Audience Member This was a part of SvenGoolie. The master of horror Vincent Price. So much better than the Paris Hilton remake. I love the style of it. Def one of the horror classics. 7.4/10 it's really good. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review Dallas H This has to be one of my all-time favorite Vincent Price films. I truly enjoy watching it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review Aaron C Classic horror film, don't understand how anyone can dislike this film. Storyline is great, the effects for the time are great. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/19/24 Full Review Blu B A Horror Classic. Really well done across the board. The setting is memorable, The killer is really good, the special effects are really good also especially the opening fire sequence. It's a really clever idea and it works great on the big screen. There's something inherently creepy about wax figures and this capitalizes on that with a reallly creepy and disturbing plot. No jumpscares and minimal gore with a pretty good plot twist that may seem obvious or might not. Were led to believe Price is the killer but it throws enough twists and turns to keep you guessing. Vincent Price is excellent in this and is easily the best thing. Whenever he's on screen it's at it's best. Everyone else is good but no one is as meorable as Price and whenever it isn't focused on him which is probably half the film it isn't as strong. It's still good though thanks to the solid direction and interesting plot. Also, the killer scenes feel like a completely different film at times compared to the main wax museum storyline as well. The 3D gimmicks really don't add much here and seeing it in normally it really isn't that big a distraction here as it's pretty minimal actually from what I can tell. The only real obvious part is the paddleball guy who was amusing to his credit. But all comes together well in the end. Anyone who is a horror fan, fan of any actors in this, or the director should check this out. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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