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House of Wax (2005) 5.2
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5.2/10 from 63,931 users
Metascore: 41/100
Reviews: 554 user | 218 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Jaume Collet-Serra |
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Cast
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| Jared Padalecki | ... | ||
| Jon Abrahams | ... | ||
| Robert Ri'chard | ... | ||
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Dragicia Debert | ... |
Trudy Sinclair
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Six friends are on their way to a football game. They decide to camp out for the night and continue driving the next day. The next day the friends find that they're having car troubles, so two of the friends accept a stranger's ride into a small town named Ambrose. The main attraction in Ambrose is the House of Wax. Except something is not right in this town, the wax figures are so realistic and the whole town is deserted - except for two murderous twin brothers. The six friends must fight to survive and escape from being the next exhibits in the House of Wax. Written by Nicky
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Gejagt. Ermordet. Zur Schau gestellt. (Hunted.Murdered.Displayed.) See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for horror violence, some sexual content and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 May 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Wax House, Baby See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$604,170 (Australia) (15 July 2005)Gross:
$1,293,475 (Australia) (29 July 2005)Company Credits
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Trudy Sinclair: You are being such a good boy. Would you like some more cereal, sweetheart? Here you go.
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Written by Brothers Conti (Tyler and Taylor Conti), Michael Carney, Andrew Duncan and J.L. Munson (Poet Name Life)
Performed by Brothers Conti
Courtesy of 143/Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing
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Did You Know?
Trivia
In the movie theatre where Carly and Nick are hiding, most of the wax figures were actually extras wearing masks. See more »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. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Trudy Sinclair: You are being such a good boy. Would you like some more cereal, sweetheart? Here you go.
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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. See more »Soundtracks
"Automatic"Written by Brothers Conti (Tyler and Taylor Conti), Michael Carney, Andrew Duncan and J.L. Munson (Poet Name Life)
Performed by Brothers Conti
Courtesy of 143/Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing
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OK, maybe it doesn't deserve an Oscar. Or a Golden Globe. Or any award, for that matter. The acting isn't outstanding, there's no reason to give credits to the directing, and its really just another semi-gory 21st century slasher flick that MOST people will consider just decent. Or maybe even dreadful. But in my opinion, all of this doesn't matter a bit. And thats because i had a great time watching this movie.
Sure, the first 40 minutes are pretty slow, but as the movie progresses, something in it you will like, if you are like I was, and anybody else should be when watching this movie. And that is: looking for 2 hours of fun, mindless violence. (And a kick-ass ending, which i won't spoil.) Yes, there are many flaws in this movie, but don't let the cast list on the front cover fool you. Hilton delivers a decent performance that nobody saw coming. Even her greatest haters like me and my friends had to agree that she surprised us greatly with her barely believable acting skills and a strip-tease that wasn't as nasty as anything an online pop-up would promise of her, but still not so unbearable as to fast-forward or turn off the DVD.
The violence in this surprised me; nobody at school or on the horror board was talking about it like they were about "these new movies called 'Saw' and 'Hostel'" but I could safely say that "Wax" was more graphic than Saw, and some death scenes were actually quite disturbing.
In conclusion, I'm not surprised House of Wax didn't make a place on the IMDb Top 250, but it is definitely worth a look.