House of Wax (2005)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Jaume Collet-Serra

Writers (WGA):

Charles Belden (story)
Chad Hayes (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

6 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Gejagt. Ermordet. Zur Schau gestellt. (Hunted.Murdered.Displayed.)

Plot:

Six friends are stranded in a ghost town where a towering wax museum looms ahead. And inside are two brothers who have a special way of making the wax figures look real...

Plot Keywords:

Wax | Small Town | Car Trouble | Ghost Town | Fight

Awards:

4 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Elisha Cuthbert	...	Carly Jones
Chad Michael Murray	...	Nick Jones
Brian Van Holt	...	Bo / Vincent
Paris Hilton	...	Paige Edwards
Jared Padalecki	...	Wade
Jon Abrahams	...	Dalton Chapman
Robert Ri'chard	...	Blake
Dragicia Debert	...	Trudy Sinclair (as Dragitsa Debert)
Thomas Adamson	...	Young Bo
Murray Smith	...	Dr. Victor Sinclair
Sam Harkess	...	Young Vincent
Damon Herriman	...	Roadkill Driver
Andy Anderson	...	Sheriff

Also Known As:

La casa de cera (Argentina) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
House of Wax (Austria) (Germany) [de]
La maison de cire (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
A Casa de Cera (Brazil) [pt]
House of Wax (Finland) [fi]
La maschera di cera (Italy) [it]
Mumya evi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
To spiti tou thanatou (Greece) [el]
Vahakujude maja (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, some sexual content and language.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Hong Kong:III (uncut) | Portugal:M/16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Philippines:R-13 (cut) | France:-16 | Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 | Canada:18A | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 (video rating) (cut) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Japan:R-15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Czech Republic:12 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:R21 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Chile:14 | Germany:16 (cut) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:18A (Nova Scotia) (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

On 26 June 2004, a sound stage being used for the film burned to the ground during a test of special-effects equipment. The fire, started by a candle, destroyed a studio at Warner Bros Movie World on Australia's Gold Coast. One crew member was treated for burns to his arm, but no one else was injured. The smoke reached a nearby highway, which was not shut down.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Carly's on the phone leaving a message on Blake's cell in Bo's truck, she pauses for a moment as Bo comes out and asks, "Where's Wade?". When Blake listens to the message later, there's hardly a pause between her message and then her talking to Bo. There was a much longer pause the first time.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Trudy Sinclair: You are being such a good boy. Would you like some more cereal, sweetheart? Here you go.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 2006 MTV Movie Awards (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Prayer

...and we all cheered

A lot of people are flaming this film for the presence of Paris Hilton, but this is not a fair reason to object to the movie. The reality is that Paris has a fairly minimal part, she spends the vast majority of the movie off screen. The film also makes fun of her on several occasions, usually involving a camera and at least once in night vision. For those who enjoy Paris Hiltons stage presence, this may be a movie to see at home when its released on video, because at the screening I was at, we all laughed at her misfortunes through the movie and she is portrayed as a "woman of questionable values".

The movie itself was pretty good (unlike the recent flood of weak horror flicks), it has everything a good horror should; a creepy villain, excessive violence, acts which make that average person cringe...this movie hit all the bases. It is definitely worth a watch.