House of Wax (1953)

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"House of Wax" is one of the all time greats. The film launched Vincent Price onto stardom and this film is well made in all departments.I recall seeing this back in 1987, it was on a late Monday night. I saw the t.v advert for it and I became curious. I soon enjoyed "House of Wax" and I consider it a firm favourite.In some ways, this is a remake of "Mystery of the Wax Museum." Both films have a similar plot and a few characters bear a resemblance to each other. It can be slightly tempting to make comparisons. Personally, I prefer to judge both versions on their own merits."House of Wax" has a period setting and was filmed entirely on the soundstages and studio backlots at "Warner Bros." The pace never lets up and the time whizzs by which is always a good sign.Vincent Price is the actor to watch but Frank Lovejoy as the tough police officer on the case, is very good also.The film was released in what was then the new gimmick of "3-D." It enhanced the film on its release but without the gimmick in question, "House of Wax" is still a very effective horror film.

A colourful remake of Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), with added 3-D gimmick, House of Wax might be a hokey old tale but it is too much fun to not enjoy, especially with star Vincent Price on top form as disfigured wax museum sculptor Prof. Henry Jarrod, who turns to murder to bring life to his exhibits.The film opens with Jarrod offering to buy out his business partner Matthew Burke (Roy Roberts) with help from potential investor Sidney Wallace (Paul Cavanagh); Burke would rather not wait for Wallace to seal the deal, however, and sets fire to the museum to claim on the insurance. Jarrod is presumed killed in the blaze, but returns several months later in a wheelchair to continue his work with help from deaf mute Igor (an early performance from Charles Bronson) and alcoholic criminal Leon (Nedrick Young), using real bodies coated with wax to guarantee realism. When a young woman, Sue Allen (Phyllis Kirk), recognises one of the waxwork figures as her missing friend Cathy (Carolyn 'Morticia Addams' Jones), she goes to the police, who decide to investigate her outlandish story.A lively production with sumptuous visuals, House of Wax is ghoulish, grand guignol fun from start to finish, Price putting in one of his finest performances (he's not nearly as hammy as he is in Roger Corman's Poe movies), with excellent support from a great cast. Director André De Toth keeps a brisk pace and enlivens matters with his use of 3D, objects thrust into the foreground for his viewers' amusement—oh, how I wish that I could see this on the big screen in 3D, but it's still fun to spot these things in 2D. Notable use of 3D includes a row of can can dancers kicking out at the audience and waggling their frilly bloomers, and the House of Wax barker, who uses a bat and ball to perform tricks.House of Wax would go on to be a huge success and inspire several other waxwork themed horrors including Carry On Screaming (1966), anthology-of-sorts Waxwork (1988) and, of course, the inevitable 'remake' House of Wax (2005).7.5/10, rounded up to 8 for IMDb.

A horror classic.A wax sculptor's wax museum is burned down by his business partner, with him inside. He survives and sets about creating a new wax museum, only with much more macabre scenes. Plus, his wax figures may be more based on actual humans than people think...Intriguing, thrilling drama. Plot is engaging and quite solid, especially for a horror movie. Good set up with a good progression of tension, all with a decent air of mystery to the events. Stars Vincent Price in one of his earlier horror roles. This movie may well have been the one that set him up as the horror actor of the era. He certainly delivers a perfectly sinister yet restrained performance.Good support from Phyllis Kirk, Frank Lovejoy and Paul Picerni.

Attempting to start his career over, a wax sculptor returns several years away to use a group of low-lifes around him to be the models for his next display and forces an inspector and his girlfriend to stay on top of him to halt the madman's rampage.This is a prime slab of early classic horror that is extremely interesting and packs a couple more thrills than it should for its time. With this one single film, we are introduced to the wondrous Vincent Price as a horror icon, and this is one assured debut. Price is in top form here, and the fact that we can see his work for the first time in a horror film makes this one an extra special film. Even without that recognition, it's an entertaining 50's cheese-fest that features a lot of great moments. The beginning of the film is one of the film's best features, as a fire destroys a wax studio in a nice action set-piece that normally doesn't have these big scenes in movies and it's a wonderful, eye-opening first sequence. There is also a long and extended chase scene through the dank, fog-laden streets of London that really drives home some suspenseful moments. The murders are cool and violent for the time being while not overly stepping over any bounds of decency in place then. The other chase sequences are just as striking, with the last one being the top one in the film. That leads up to a spectacular conclusion that is so incredibly action-packed here with plenty of full- on struggling and brawling around in the wax lair that's fun on its own even before the utterly spectacular fire that spreads throughout here leaving the entire building in flames that makes the film all the more fun. The final revelation of Price's character is also one of the classic moments in the history of film, and it's just as shocking today as it was then. It gives some great chills, and the method used is pretty creative and unique. These here are all more than enough to hold this up over what is basically just one really lame and utterly bland flaw. Basically, most of the 3D sequences in here were pretty cheesy. That's not to say they didn't work in the film, just that they were pretty cheesy, easy-to-spot and not at all that convincingly done either. For the time, they might've worked but for the most part the gags haven't aged well. It's a toss-up as to which ones don't, but they're so noticeable and replayed throughout nearly every single 3D installment that they're not all that difficult to find faults with them. The only other small flaw is we saw the skin of Price's after burns much too early and often. It works wonderfully and has some fantastic abilities to shock, but too much is seen of it for it to be of much use in the scare department. It should've been hidden better to have an effect. Otherwise, for the film that introduced Vincent Price to the horror community it deserves some recognition.Today's Rating/PG: Violence.