House of Wax (2005)
Prey. Slay. Display.
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 5 May 2005 |
| Genre | Horror, Thriller, Mystery |
| Director | Jaume Collet-Serra |
| Starring | Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray and Brian Van Holt |
| Runtime | 113 min |
| Rated | R |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 4.4/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 28% · Metacritic 41/100 · TMDB users 6.0/10 |
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What kind of watch this is
Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2005 horror thriller is a remake that trades the original’s silent dread for loud, clumsy panic. The hook is simple: teens get stranded near a wax museum, which turns out to be a trap. One sentence of premise: they must survive the exhibits. The tagline says "Prey. Slay. Display." It does exactly that, with the display being the sad part.
What the critics said
Critics were not kind. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 28% as of October 2024, with an average rating of 4.29/10. Metacritic lands on 41 out of 100, a score that signals mixed or average reception. Roger Ebert called it "efficient," which is high praise for a film that asks you to lower your expectations. Stephen Hunter saw it as a "guilty pleasure" for horror fans. The consensus, per the site, is that it is a formulaic teen slasher that is better than average. One critic found it boring, though he did appreciate Cuthbert and Murray. It is a movie that delivers exactly what it promises, assuming you promised yourself nothing.
How it did with audiences
House of Wax lacks box office data in the provided facts, so the verdict rests on audience reception. On TMDB, users rate it 6 out of 10. That score suggests a mixed bag of horror fans, or perhaps a very specific kind of midnight movie crowd. It is the rating of a film that split its audience down the middle.
What came next for the cast
Elisha Cuthbert went from Love Actually to The Cellar. Chad Michael Murray swapped Freaky Friday for Riverdale. Paris Hilton moved from Zoolander to The Bling Ring. Brian Van Holt stayed in the same lane, just with better stunt work. The credits show the drift, not the cause.
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Sources
- House of Wax on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q679679 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “House of Wax (2005 film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Where to watch and prices: Binge Boss, from TMDB watch-provider data (powered by JustWatch) and our own provider list
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