Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt

A road trip to the biggest college football championship of the year takes a turn for the worse for Carly, Paige and their friends decide to camp out for the night before heading to the game. A confro...( read more  read more... )ntation with a mysterious trucker at the camp site leaves everyone unsettled, and Carly has her hands full trying to keep the peace between her boyfriend Wade and her hot-headed brother Nick. They wake up the next morning to find that their car has been deliberately tampered with, leaving them with no transportation. At the risk of being stranded, they accept a local's invitation for a ride into Ambrose, the only town for miles. Once there, they are drawn to Ambrose's main attraction -- Trudy's House of Wax, which is filled with remarkably life-like wax sculptures. But, as they soon discover, there is a shocking reason that the exhibits look so real. As the friends uncover the town's dark secrets, they are stalked by a demented killer and find themselves in a bloody battle for survival. The group must find a way out of Ambrose -- or become permanent additions to the House of Wax.

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26% liked it

145 critics

R, 1 hr. 53 min.

Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra

Release Date: May 6, 2005

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DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005

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  • July 26, 2009
    Gotta say, I kinda liked it. I mean, yes I hated most everyone on the cast, but the wax house was really neat. Maybe it's because I played with melting candles so much as a kid, but watching the house melt at the end made me giggle with glee.
  • April 13, 2009
    Seeing Paris die was nice. very predictable
  • November 2, 2008
    Ok, yes, it is probably one of the worst horror movies out there but listen up people: Paris Hilton is not the worst thing ever. She's not even mildly annoying in this movie. I didn't care for her at all.

    You know what's the worst part of this piece of junk? The screenplay. It ...( read more)is written using the pubic hair of a Tijuana whore dipped in ink and then brushed all over a piece of paper previously used to whip somebody's butt after a night of eating at Chili's with some spicy Margaritas mixed with burbonic acid and the water from a mexican river.

    Yep, it is THAT poorly written. And THAT's the annoying part.

    Paris? She looks kind of hot.
  • July 13, 2008
    A group of young college kids take a road trip to one of the biggest college football games of the year. On the way, the group gets side tracked by a road detour and end up in a small southern hick town. The town is unlike any other town. Soon the students realize they are being ...( read more)chased by demented twin brothers, one physically and the other mentally deformed. Now the students must flee for their lives or become a permanent fixture in museum known as the House of Wax.
    House of Wax is a remake of a 1950?s classic of the same name starring legendary horror screen master Vincent Price. Many people detest remakes and shutter at the hearing that a movie is being remade. The anger flies around that Hollywood is out of ideas and honestly they may, but the remakes are just another version of the story being told. With that being said, the updated version of House of Wax does do some good on screen. The visuals and set design are solid additions. The acting is average at best; Paris Hilton does what she does best. Hilton dawns her panties for the audience as she does in other movies that she has been and becomes a character you root for death for. The movie is a horror film at the simplest form and people seem to forget that when they view the movie. They are expecting an enthralling story like The Shinning and acting like the Godfather. This movie has neither. On the level playing field this movie is a slasher film and does that portrayal well. House of Wax is dumb and fun, but receives three and half wax sculptures out of five.
  • June 19, 2008
    The only thing more scary than the murderer was Paris Hilton's acting skills.
  • November 18, 2009
    Pretty good science fiction concept. Pretty good creepy movie too. Annoying characters, but that sort of takes care of itself before long. Four stars for being worthwhile, minus half a star because this isn't seriously a four-star movie.
  • November 16, 2009
    la original de 1953 esta mejor
  • November 13, 2009
    haha this movie is soo funny paris hilton dies HAHA
  • November 5, 2009
    The ONLY good thing about this movie was the way they killed Paris Hilton.Go see the original
  • November 2, 2009
    paris hilton dies which is funny but still not that good

Critic Reviews


May 14, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Filled with the usual contemporary horror staples, most notably lots of rusty torture implements and cellphones that tend to scurry mischievously out of reach just as the villain bears down on his prey. full review

May 13, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

A mundane slasher flick populated by blandly pretty people who look really good in sweaty tank tops. full review

May 6, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate

It's nowhere near as punishing as Rob Zombie's House of 1,000 Corpses, but it's increasingly tense and resourceful and, in the end, it gets the sick job done. full review

May 6, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The debut feature from director Jaume Collet-Serra does two things rare in the horror genre: It takes its time and it actually gets better as it goes along. full review

May 6, 2005
Kurt Loder, MTV

"House of Wax" is a classic, of a kind ... It plays its alarming carnage straight, and it's very scary. full review

May 6, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

House of Wax is not a good movie but it is an efficient one, and will deliver most of what anyone attending House of Wax could reasonably expect, assuming it would be unreasonable to expect very much. full review

May 5, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The set design is fairly elaborate by the standards of the genre, and the victims don't die in precisely the order you might expect, but everything else goes pretty much according to formula. full review

May 4, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Hilton runs the gamut of emotions from A to A-minus, and the others look desperate to forget that this dazzlingly dumb debacle will be on their resumes. full review

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Comments


  • sportboy
    March 8, 2009
    I have now seen it and I enjoyed it.
  • ratedRvampire
    February 23, 2009
    24-SUPERNATURAL-One Tree Hill-MCR!!
  • StupidOwlinLOVE
    January 2, 2009
    Paris Hilton died!
    thats all i want during this sh**! :)
    yay lets party!!
  • brawlalley21
    December 1, 2008
    Many thinks that Paris Hilton should die in this movie, well I guess, not a good idea neither a bad one, she may be viewed as a socialite gurl, but well if that's the movie tells us, then let it be... Hey her acting (Paris) is also a bit good... if not all audiences would appreciate that...

    overall a quality suspense and horror movie...
  • neogirlx
    July 27, 2008
    I wana see it, it sounds really creepy.
  • Dogsbob
    May 20, 2008
    Paris dies. I like it so far :)
  • jaybird95
    March 12, 2008
    I thought this would be too scary to watch, but I found it was an awesome movie! I felt bad for Vincent, being bullied by his brother :(
  • zylaxtic13gryffindor
    December 28, 2007
    lufet.. i hope u can understand what i mean..
  • acdcfan337
    October 10, 2007
    Dreadful remake.
  • emmykp
    August 4, 2007
    it is awsome and i love the art work in the movie

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