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House of Wax
You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.
You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.
Crime, Horror - 1953
House of Wax
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A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
Director:
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André de Toth
Cast:
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Vincent Price
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Charles Bronson
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Carolyn Jones
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Roy Roberts
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Paul Picerni
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Frank Lovejoy
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Phyllis Kirk
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Angela Clarke

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Runtime:
88 min
Release date:
16 Apr 1953
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$23,750,319
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Casting is competent, Vincent Price is capital as the No. 1 menace.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Oct 2008
fresh:
The effects are done with playfulness, zest, and some imagination (they range from a barker batting paddleballs in your face to a murderer leaping from the row in front of you), making this the most entertaining of the gimmick 3-Ds.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
24 Sep 2007
rotten:
Dimly we foresee movie audiences embalmed in three-dimensional wax and sound.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
De Toth brings off one classic sequence with Kirk fleeing through the gaslit streets pursued by a shadowy figure in a billowing cloak.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
An intermittently gripping shocker.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
17 Oct 2011
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