HOUSE OF WAX at HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

Fifty-two years ago, in House of Wax, Vincent Price became a maestro of movie terror in what is now a classic version of the film and which was itself a remake of Mystery of the Wax Museum made twenty years earlier. Updated and with the requisite assortment of teenage victims, House of Wax has been remoulded to encase a new generation in its horrors.

On their way to a college football championship, a group of friends - including Carly (Elisha Cuthbert), Paige (Paris Hilton), Carly’s boyfriend, Wade (Jared Padalecki) and her brother, Nick (Chad Michael Murray) - instead make an inevitable and unwise detour that takes them to one of those weird and unfriendly towns that seem prevalent in the US of A.

Things begin to go wrong for the group when they decide to camp out for the night. An encounter with a mysterious truck driver is their first unsettling experience and there is tension between Wade and the hotheaded Nick while Carly tries to keep the peace.

The next morning they find that their car has been deliberately tampered with and they accept a ride into Ambrose - the only town for miles around and one that’s not listed on any map. The main attraction in Ambrose is Trudy’s House of Wax - and in this version of the tale it actually is made of wax. But it’s the exhibits inside that really fascinate the friends. The place is filled with eerily life-like wax sculptures - and the reason for that is because beneath the wax there are real and once very alive people - previous unfortunate visitors to Ambrose.

Trudy’s House of Wax could always do with new additions to its macabre collection and a demented killer is stalking the group to find victims who will soon find themselves with eternally waxen complexions. Let the body count begin.

House Of Wax [Blu-ray](2005)
While on their way to a college football game, a group of friends decide to camp out for the night and awake the next day to discover that their car won't start. After getting a ride from a mysterious local, the coeds find themselves in a sleepy Louisiana town whose main attraction is a massive wax museum. But when they decide to explore the building, they enter a terrifying tourist trap from which there may be no escape. Scare-packed re-imagining of the Vincent Price classic stars Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, and Jared Padalecki. 113 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish.
Greatest Classic Films Collection: Horror [DVD] DVD
Two-disc set includes "Freaks," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1941), "House of Wax" (1953), and "The Haunting" (1963).
House Of Wax [DVD](1953) DVD
Timeless horror favorite stars Vincent Price as the operator of a wax museum in 1850s Baltimore who is crippled after being caught in a fire set by his greedy partner for the insurance money. With help from mute aide Charles Bronson (billed as Charles Buchinsky), a vengeful Price opens a new venue...one whose subjects look a little too realistic. Phyllis Kirk, Frank Lovejoy and Carolyn Jones also star. Not in 3D. 88 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround stereo, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Bahasa, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; newsreel footage; theatrical trailer. Also includes the bonus feature "Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933).
Dark Castle Horror Collection [DVD] DVD
Five-disc set includes "House on Haunted Hill" (1999), "Thirteen Ghosts" (2001), "Ghost Ship" (2002), "Gothika," and "House of Wax" (2005).
House Of Wax (Widescreen Version) [DVD](2005) DVD