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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
7.1
95%
N/A
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.
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Rated:
GP
Runtime:
88 min
Release date:
16 Apr 1953
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$23,750,319
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations

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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