The Official HOUSE OF WAX reaction thread

[Horrorfan]

Wasn't too bad a film and was definatly better than Ghost Ship and Gothica.Starts off a little slow but has some pretty impressive gory moments and some cool scenes.

[shift]

really?? Paris was good? Or she says "HOT" lol

[BloodMan]

Haha... that House of Wax cast were in Toronto yesterday, at Much Music (Canada's version of MTV... Just WAY better and less self infatuated) But anyway, Paris Hilton was there and totally whoreing herself around the crowds. It was fuckin' hilarious.
Elisha Cuthbert looked really really tasty though. Goddamn!

[Horrorfan]

Actually the scene were Paris got it had the crowd cheering.

[RyanPC]

Actually the scene were Paris got it had the crowd cheering.

:lol: I know if I ever go to see this, I'll be cheering as well. :D

[Agent Z]

Eh, what good are spoiler tags anyway?

[RyanPC]

Eh, what good are spoiler tags anyway?

Yeah, like nobody knew she was going to kick the bucket. ;)

[Horrorfan]

Besides in two days everyone will be talking how they will never see it. Scream remakes suck while they suck there thumbs holding onto there copies of The Shining.

[onebyone]

Yeah, like nobody knew she was going to kick the bucket. ;)

Assuming and knowing are two different things.

[Mortis]

Good call.

Assuming and knowing are two different things.

[RyanPC]

Assuming and knowing are two different things.

True, but now that it's been proven that she does indeed get knocked off, it might make more people want to see the movie. ;)

[bigdaddyhorse]

The soundtrack cover spoiled Paris' fate anyway.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009299GA.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[RyanPC]

The soundtrack cover spoiled Paris' fate anyway.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009299GA.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg


Hey that's a really cool cover... is that what the poster art looks like?

[onebyone]

It looks like just some chick to me. Not Paris. Cool look though.

Spoiler tags are still your friend.

[tobaccoman]

This one, I think I will see. Not because of Paris dying, but because I just think it looks decent. Wouldn't mind renting it or maybe the $1.50 theatre.

[Horrorfan]

Nope that is not Paris on the soundtrack or movie poster cover and her fate is much different from that. Honestly I don't think she is all that bad looking she has fantastic legs and by the way for you porn dogs no nudity in this flick but it is worth checking out.

[tobaccoman]

I've already read how she gets it, but I don't really care 'cuz I'll see it in a few months anyway and will have probably forgotten about it by then.

[Tien21]

I doubt i will get to see this in theaters. It just doesn't look that great to me, and there are far too many other movies I need to see like Crash and Unleashed. I would like to see this though, just don't know if I will find the time.

[rhett]

I got to see this tonight too, and it was yet another enjoyable remake. As far as the Dark Castle stuff goes, it's the best of the bunch, but that isn't saying a whole lot. We should really stop calling these movies remakes though, because they get further and further distanced from their originals as the remake fad goes on. This one is much more like WRONG TURN than anything else, a straightforward and shameless slasher picture. There aren't any clever twists or anything spectacular like that, it is what it is, and for those of us raised on those old school slashers, that is a blessing.

Horrorfan is right though, the movie takes way to long to get started. There is too much needless character exposition (the "New York" sideplot goes absolutely nowhere) and then even when they finally get to the ol' House 'o' Wax, it still takes a good bit of time before anything really happens. Once the kills start coming though, its a good gore parade. Paris' death is most notable (and come on, EVERYONE knew she was going to die), a kind of amalgam of the best deaths from FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 & 4. The other deaths have some good flinch moments, while others are morbidly humorous. KNB even recycled, it seems, Jordan Ladd's teeth from CABIN FEVER. Overall, the gore delivers, the movie definitely earns its R.

The dialogue is pretty amateur, and the plot none too original, but the whole thing is able to execute and sustain a dark mood throughout, and nobody goes to these things for the dialogue anyway. Murray and Cuthbert are both actually pretty good here, but Ms. Hilton is just as bad as you'd expect. There are some nice visual gags involving Paris though...let's just say they use the "green hued night vision" look effectively in a couple scenes. There are also a few good visual gags towards the end of the picture with the killer, who I must say looks like a grotesque combination of The Phantom of the Opera and Jason Voorhees.

In short, slasher fans should enjoy, and those who liked the other Dark Castle movies will probably like this one even more than the rest of them. It is no masterpiece, not even close, but it passes the time with good gore and a shit load of wax.

[rhett]

The soundtrack cover spoiled Paris' fate anyway.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009299GA.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Oh yeah, and the soundtrack is god awful. Can we please get a modern horror movie without any hard goth metal for once these days? Please?

[maskull]

This one is much more like WRONG TURN than anything else, a straightforward and shameless slasher picture.
ah good. that's kind of what i was expecting from this movie. I think that I will see it on Friday afternoon.

[BloodMan]

MTV had this behind the scenes thing on House of Wax tonight and they totally showed the special fx work and death of Hilton's character. Looks pretty cool. Brutal anyway.

[othervoice1]

i really think this movie looks baaaad- and paris in it im sure confirms that- but ya never know i guess- it cant be worse than that snore ghostship that is for sure

[Luna]

Oh yeah, and the soundtrack is god awful. Can we please get a modern horror movie without any hard goth metal for once these days? Please?Oh god, yes. Please, bring back real soundtracks. Hell, borrow an old Casio keyboard and fiddle around with it and call it a soundtrack. Anything but the crap I've been hearing lately.

[Agent Z]

Oh yeah, and the soundtrack is god awful. Can we please get a modern horror movie without any hard goth metal for once these days? Please?



http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009AJK5C/qid=1115288300/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-5960348-6642252

Not that they still don't use the annoying "hard goth metal" in the film anyway, but just so people know that there is a choice with most major releases.

[MrVess]

The Harrzilla saw the "film", too.

http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20142

I have no intention of downloading this, and I doubt I even need to say anything about paying for seeing it.

[soxfan666]

Honestly I don't think she is all that bad looking she has fantastic legs and by the way for you porn dogs no nudity in this flick but it is worth checking out.

not even a booby?? i wish in a movies attempt to get the feel of the good ol slasher days they would throw in some topless chicks. Even in Jason X they new to throw in the crystal lake girls who get naked and into the sleeping bag.

[Horrorfan]

If I really needed to see a boob that bad that why they invented porno. I have to agree with Rhett. Remakes are not the way you expect them to be anymore. Alot of what we are seeing is a remake in name only. Is this the best Dark Castle film? WEll I myself really have always like the remake of House on Haunted Hill and Thirteen Ghosts was interesting. Ghost Ship had great moments especially the flashbacks and Gothica was a good stand alone but not a personal favorite. So I have to put House of Wax number 2 on my list. Ok folks don't not go see it just because Paris Hilton. If I hear one bitch about bad acting I can refer to you to about a million other horror films that had the same. This really is a great theater film. Check it out.

[bigdaddyhorse]

I thought that really looked like Paris' nose on the wax girl of the ST cover, my bad.
I'm still down to check it out, probably won't make it this weekend though as I'll be on the road all day Saturday. Would go tomorrow, but the GF and her mom want to see Kingdom Of Heaven instead.
Being a Ridley Scott fan, I can't say I'm sad about this and look forward to both films.

[eric_angelus]

I just got back from it...and despite a slow start...this was pretty entertaining. As I expected it owes much more to Tourist Trap than to House of Wax (1953) or Mystery of the Wax Museum. Overall it is a fun oldschool slasher movie with some good R rated gore and suspense. Way better than The Amityville Horror remake!

[baggio]

for a movie that promotes Paris's death scene. Means only one thing. bad movie. I never in my whole life in watching horror movies ever seen or heard this type of marketing. I'll wait for cable.

[maskull]

for a movie that promotes Paris's death scene. Means only one thing. bad movie. I never in my whole life in watching horror movies ever seen or heard this type of marketing. I'll wait for cable.
I don't think that they're necessarily promoting the Paris death scene. all the trailers I've seen haven't played up that angle. I think it's more that people started to talk about it because Paris gets killed. I'm sure the producers thought about that when they cast Paris (bonus promotion--kind of smart when you think about it) but I don't think they're really using that as the only means to promote the film. Actually if it wasn't for this board, from all the trailers i've seen, I wouldn't have even thought about Paris getting killed....apart from assuming that she wasn't the main character and therefore going to die.

[Franco]

definatly better than Ghost Ship and Gothica.

Enough 4 me. (Continues working ...)

[indiephantom]

I've been looking forward to this, and it is playing in the theatre I hoped it would. Probably won't get to see it until mid-week, though. I freaking love Dark Castle! :cool:

[rhett]

Enough 4 me. (Continues working ...)
I don't exactly know what that post means, but I am sure in some way it is brilliant.

[Mok]

I don't exactly know what that post means, but I am sure in some way it is brilliant.

Let me venture to say that the post implies that since the film was compared to Ghost Shit and Gothicaca he has heard enough to know it is probably a House of Cacs.

[maskull]

I went to see this today and let me say that I enjoyed it. It didn't re-invent the genre or anything, but as a slasher it was fun and a lot meaner than a lot of the movies released in theatres these days. I'd say it was deserving of an "R" rating. Some good gore and kills. The "Paris" scene was especially good and the ending was beautiful.
The funniest part was when Paris is supposed to be running for her life and she's running in her "I'm a rich little princess" sort of way, ie. doesn't really look scared. I kept expecting to see her little dog...

[Agent Z]

Dark Castle has yet to show me anything that warranted seeing it in a theater.

I'll catch House of Wax when House of Wax catches me.

[maskull]

To put my liking HOW into context, perhaps I should mention that other than House On Haunted Hill (which wasn't perfect), I haven't really loved any other Dark Castle films. Take that as you will...

[RyanPC]

Okay, I'm getting very excited about this film now. I realize it won't be the greatest thing since sliced bread, so I probably won't be as disappointed as I was with The Amityville Horror. :D

[Franco]

Let me venture to say that the post implies that since the film was compared to Ghost Shit and Gothicaca he has heard enough to know it is probably a House of Cacs.

Mok ... you're brilliant! ;)

[fceurich39]

will wait and buy on dvd

[rhett]

Mok ... you're brilliant! ;)

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/misc/pictures/houseoffranco.jpg

[Paul0889]

just got back and god damn if it wasnt crowded!!! it was of course full of little kids which got so annoying cos they screamed at every damn part. paris didnt do such a bad job after all. she was actually okay but she really wasnt in the movie that much. her death scene KICKED ASSSS!!!! man did it get a reaction. the gore in the movie was nice too, lots of screams in the audience

[DVDBone]

I liked this one quite a bit. By far the best theatrical horror movie of the year ... but that's not saying much considering we've had crap like the Amityville Horror and The Ring 2. Like Rhett said, it's no masterpiece but it's a fun way to spend a couple hours. There's some good gore and it actually has a pretty entertaining story. Definitely worth a watch in my opinion. There will surely be much better in the coming months (High Tension, Undead, The Devil's Rejects, Land of the Dead, etc) but House of Wax will hold me over until then.

[BloodMan]

Undead sucks! :)

[Luna]

Haven't seen it yet, but I have to paste this...

"Ours is much hotter," Paris told The Post last week. "Because Vincent Price is not as hot as me and Elisha Cuthbert.":eek2:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=84&e=2&u=/pagesix/20050501/en_pagesix/houseoflax

[Horrorfan]

Well honestly she has a point. The horror genre has dramtically changed since the early days. Almost every film has the woman heroine or woman in peril idea going for it. hey i like Vincent now but she is right. Paris is sexy.(Vincent is just the better actor)

[Agent Z]

The horror genre has dramtically changed since the early days. Almost every film has the woman heroine or woman in peril idea going for it.

The original had a woman in peril also. :confused:

[Horrorfan]

Not what im getting at. In the olden days your main stars were mainly male. With a female usually there just get caught so the hero can save her.

[Agent Z]

Ahhh...gotcha. I agree then. :)

[Semerrill]

I might go see this today

[shift]

I still dunnno man.....

[Semerrill]

I really want to see Paris Hilton die,and to see if she can at least act

[RyanPC]

I'm going to the 4:50 showing today, so I'll post my opinions when I get back.


Haven't seen it yet, but I have to paste this...

:eek2:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=84&e=2&u=/pagesix/20050501/en_pagesix/houseoflax

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I could argue that...

http://www.hollywoodpinup.com/hunks/image/05vincent.jpg

[Paul0889]

everyone should go see it, it's really pretty good. the best dark castle release so far. and paris does an okay job she's not all that bad. hell she's barely even in the movie someone over at imdb said they timed her scenes and she is only in it for 16 minutes, most of which is just small speaking parts and 4 of which is her chase/death scene. if it still sounds stupid atleast go see it for the gore. her death scene alone makes it worth the price of a ticket

[evildeadfan123]

I agree. I saw it at 11:30 am today, and it was worth the money. I saw a trailer for the new Dukes of Hazzard movie, and now I really want to see it. Burt Reynolds looks hilarious as Boss Hogg, and Willie Nelson, they only showed one scene of him in the trailer, and he looked pretty good. Of course, there was a lot of car jumping scenes, and towards the end of the trailer, they had THE CAR HORN. Even had some parts of the original song on the trailer. Getting back to House of Wax, it was definitely better, scarier, and gorier than Amityville Horror.

[RyanPC]

Just got back from seeing this and must say it was REALLY good! The first twenty minutes were kind of dull, but the gore and references to Vincent Price and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane really made up for it. Paris Hilton wasn't as bad as I had expected, Elisha was great, and as I said, there was a surprising amount of gore and nastiness throughout. The musical score was good (although most of the rock music sucked) and the whole thing reminded me of a B-movie slasher flick. Probably the best throwback to 80's slasher movies that has come out lately. It was a LOT better and creepier than The Amityville Horror, I recommend it whole-heartedly. :)

Oh yeah, they showed the trailer for High Tension (which I had already seen on the Toolbox Murders DVD) and am really excited about that one as well. That and Land of the Dead are my two must-sees this year! :banana:

The Dukes of Hazzard looks pretty funny, too! :D

EDIT: Forgot to add, I do think the whole "house made out of wax" thing was a tad lame... I realize it's a horror film and belief must be suspended in order to enjoy it, but wouldn't a house made out of wax melt in the hot sun? And though it was predictable, I did like the idea of the house melting at the end because of the fire; it was a nice homage to the original film.

[Horrorfan]

Wow Horror fans like a new horror movie amazing!!!!!!

[maskull]

Oh yeah, they showed the trailer for High Tension (which I had already seen on the Toolbox Murders DVD) and am really excited about that one as well.
damn! I got to the theatre a little late on Friday, and there was actually a line-up at 1:30 P.M. on a Friday afternoon. so I got in to the theatre a little late and missed some of the trailers. Wonder if they had High Tension? at my theatre? Stupid father bringing his 12 y.o. daughter and friends to see House of Wax! ( :confused: ) made me miss the trailers. :mad:
Oh well. I saw the Dark Water trailer...again.


The Dukes of Hazzard looks pretty funny, too! :D
I thought the trailer for this flick started out well, with the typical Dukes car chases and jumps, etc. but then the second half...erased any desire i had to see the movie. They had jokes that don't fit in with the whole Dukes thing and the movie just seems to be another "comedy" TV remake which really has nothing to do with the series, except for cosmetic similarities (the car, the characters...). But then maybe I'm just not too happy about Jessica Simpson being in this. They should have had her in House of Wax, hanging with Paris. :evil:

[bigwes15]

I absolutely loved this movie. It earned a 9 out of 10 on my scale, and I tend to be very stingy. Great gore, some outstanding atmosphere, decent acting for a slasher, and the wax house is awesome. This kicks the shit out of any other Dark Castle movie and most horror movies I have seen in the past few years. Get out there and support this one so we aren't subjected to more PG-13 garbage like White Noise, Boogeyman, Ring 2 and their ilk. Wax definitely delivers the goods, and no true horror fan will be disappointed in the least!

[betterdan]

I usually doesn't care for modern horror movies that much so when I was asked this morning if I wanted to go see this movie today I flat out said no. A couple of sad looks from my wife and a few minutes later my mind changed mysteriously.
Anyways, I was very surprised that I found myself enjoying this movie a lot. Paris was one of the big reasons I had to avoid this, but she wasn't too bad in this actually. The kills were wonderful and very painful looking. Paris's death had my wife scream out in the theater even. :lol:
So after seeing this I can say that I recommend it and I would probably get the dvd when it comes out. Who would have known?

[Semerrill]

i sort of enjoyed the movie and i liked its ending song it fitted the movie.

[Paul0889]

i sort of enjoyed the movie and i liked its ending song it fitted the movie.

yaaa my chemical romance is tiiight...the end song "helena" was awesome for the movie

[dwatts]

--Not what im getting at. In the olden days your main stars were mainly male. With a female usually there just get caught so the hero can save her.--

Well, the Mystery of the Wax Museum (Prices House of Wax was simply a remake) had a wonderfully strong lead played by Fay Wray. So..............

[shift]

I think maybe wife and I will see it Wednesday, then on Friday well see StarWars epd: III

[rxfiend]

I think maybe wife and I will see it Wednesday, then on Friday well see StarWars epd: III

SW coming out early in your area?

[shift]

SW coming out early in your area?

My bad, may 20th is what I meant. Following week. Not same week.

I did plan on seeing it on Wednesday (release date) @ the midnight showing, but I perfer a non fight in crowds on opening day.

Sorry about the confusion. But I know a guy who claims he already gots the screener on dvd.
:lol:

[BloodMan]

Ya.. haha.. I got a buddy who says he has it already too. :) But he not showing anybody... ie - he's full of shit.

[Paul0889]

i found a clip of paris hilton's death scene. if anyone wants it i can give it to u on AIM. my screen name is marsdreamjunky

[bigdaddyhorse]

Anyone with a torent program can get a copy (not sure how good it would be. It might be near perfect like Sin City, or complete shit like Constantine).
I went and saw it Sunday and thought it was really good, although I also think it lost it near the end. Been a while since a movie has made me grab a body part besides my cock, but when dude got his achilles cut I grabbed mine. Brutal!
I'm sure I'll end with the dvd of this one as I loved everything except the final act.

[maskull]

Been a while since a movie has made me grab a body part besides my cock, but when dude got his achilles cut I grabbed mine. Brutal!
oh yeah, that was brutal. I definitely cringed at that part too.

you didn't enjoy watching the house melt?

[Peter Vincent]

Just saw this last night! Theatre had about 10 more people besides myself & the wifey so it was nice & quite (and cooky spooky for that matter).

I haven't read any spoilers or too much info on this flick & kinda went in expecting something like House On Haunted Hill and got a combo of Tourist trap and Texas Chainsaw. It took me by surprise the amount of gore & disturbing images in it, in particular...

Vincent getting his face beat with a baseball bat...I've always seen it implied, never shown onscreen that way. Made me cring a bit. Also the head slicing thing with that one dork and his eyes blinking was...whoa!

All & all it was a good flick, I still think House On Haunted Hill and Thi13een Ghosts (I got a soft spot for the flick) were better Dark Castle movies, but it ranked better than Ghost Ship and Gothika. I think the movie could've been edited down a little further in the beginning. As mentioned, the NY subplot and conversations were unneccesary and...

The Third brother, the one that drove the dead animals to the ditch, was unneccessary to the plot as well, he could've been totally edited out and been a deleted scene on the DVD

Sorry guys, but Paris can't act. She so...dry! She now wants to make a movie career for herself, I don't foresee that happening.

[maskull]

i don't think editing out the 3rd brother would have made any difference, he was barely in the film, except to transport people to the town and get the story rolling.

i was also surpised that they actually showed the baseball bat making contact.

I also like that they cut off Elsiha's finger. I didn't expect for that to happen. I figured she'd just pull her finger back down in time. After all, she was the heroine of the story.

I think Paris is planning on giving up her "career" and having a family. :)

[onebyone]

Out of all the horror films to come out of late, this is the one that gets the love? Really? Honestly? Seriously? Did I just get puck'd?

I am going to put this all in spoiler tags, just to be sure:

I had no intention of seeing this movie until it hit DVD. Due to good reviews from friends and its steeply dropping box office, I decided to go see it today because I had some unexpected free time. Boy, did I fuck up. I would have been better off waxing my kitchen floor or perhaps eating glass.

Ok, I admit that I had a bias against the movie going in, because it features not one, not two, not three, but FOUR "actors" that I don't like. What I didn't know going in was that...they are all playing the exact same characters I don't like them for. What fresh hell is this? I don't know what I did to piss you guys at Dark Castle off, but I am truly sorry, m'kay?

Bias aside, I spent 58 minutes in my chair before anything happens in the movie that didn't totally suck. 58 long and boring minutes. What was I doing during this time? I was thinking ill thoughts about the folks who told me to go see this movie. I was planning on how to kill all the annoying as HELL characters myself. I was thinking of how fast Jason would have torn through this crew. (They camped out a whole night and no one died? The hell?) I was drafting letters of apology to the director of Saw for all the smack I talked about his movie, because at least that was funny. Here, the only jokes were the 1,454,788 references to the fact that Paris Hilton had sex on tape. Didn't care then, don't care now, won't care ever. NOT FUNNY. Most importantly, I was staring at the Exit sign a lot. I probably would have left, but I had the theater to myself so it was kind of cozy. I should have left. Damn it, why didn't I leave? *face palm*

Once the killing/waxing finally started, I became a little more interested. I really enjoyed the first kill/waxing, but that could have just been because it broke up the monotony of all these annoying fucks not dying. The rest of the kills weren't all that great. The Prowler hasn't been upstaged here. I enjoyed the killing on a "Kill Them, Kill Them ALL" level, but nothing more. The killers didn't even impress me that much. Siamese twins, blah blah, wax, blah blah, hicks, blah blah, we love our mama, blah blah. Whatever. It was a big heaping pot of whatever set to the most predictable music in the world and shot like the cinematographer himself was bored. For that? I can't blame him one bit.

Finally, we got to the big ending and the house was melting, and yeah. That was pretty cool, even though I could have cared less who lived and who died in that point. The wax was cool in and of itself. If it killed everyone, that was just a plus. It was so cool in fact that had they stopped the movie right after that, I might have left not feeling 100% full of HATE for that movie. It would have been more like 85%. However, they predictably tacked on a really smug "twist" that wasn't really a twist and was just whatever to piss me off all over again right before I left.

So, my final word? HATE. This is the first remake that I left just wanting to punch someone in the mouth for.

[RyanPC]

Out of all the horror films to come out of late, this is the one that gets the love? Really? Honestly? Seriously?

I am going to put this all in spoiler tags, just to be sure:

I had no intention of seeing this movie until it hit DVD. Due to good reviews from friends and its steeply dropping box office, I decided to go see it today because I had some unexpected free time. Boy, did I fuck up. I would have been better off waxing my kitchen floor or perhaps eating glass.

Ok, I admit that I had a bias against the movie going in, because it features not one, not two, not three, but FOUR "actors" that I don't like. What I didn't know going in was that...they are all playing the exact same characters I don't like them for. What fresh hell is this? I don't know what I did to piss you guys at Dark Castle off, but I am truly sorry, m'kay?

Bias aside, I spent 58 minutes in my chair before anything happens in the movie that didn't totally suck. 58 long and boring minutes. What was I doing during this time? I was thinking ill thoughts about the folks who told me to go see this movie. I was planning on how to kill all the annoying as HELL characters myself. I was thinking of how fast Jason would have torn through this crew. (They camped out a whole night and no one died? The hell?) I was drafting letters of apology to the director of Saw for all the smack I talked about his movie. I wondered why the hell they thought I would laugh at 1,454,788 references to the fact that Paris Hilton had sex on tape. Didn't care then, don't care now, won't care ever. I was staring at the Exit sign a lot too. I probably would have left, but I had the theater to myself so it was kind of cozy. I should have left. Damn it, why didn't I leave? *face palm*

Once the killing/waxing finally started, I became a little more interested. I really enjoyed the first kill/waxing, but that could have just been because it broke up the monotony of all these annoying fucks not dying. The rest of the kills weren't all that great. The Prowler hasn't been upstaged here. I enjoyed the killing on a "Kill Them, Kill Them ALL" level, but nothing more. The killers didn't even impress me that much. Siamese twins, blah blah, wax, blah blah, hicks, blah blah, we love our mama, blah blah. Whatever. It was a big heaping pot of whatever set to the most predictable music in the world and shot like the cinematographer himself was bored. For that? I can't blame him one bit.

Finally, we got to the big ending and the house was melting, and yeah. That was pretty cool, even though I could have cared less who lived and who died in that point. The wax was cool in and of itself. If it killed everyone, that is just a plus. It was so cool in fact that had they stopped the movie right after that, I might have left not feeling 100% full of HATE for that movie. It would have been more like 85%. However, they predictably tacked on a really smug "twist" that wasn't really a twist and was just whatever to piss me off all over again right before I left.

So, my final word? HATE. This is the first remake that I left just wanting to punch someone in the mouth for.

Damn... didn't think you'd hate it THAT much. :(

Although I can see your point on a lot of the stuff you mentioned, I enjoyed it well enough. :)

[Ash28M]

I checked this out a couple of night ago. I enjoyed it. It was a fun ride and I felt it had the most original ideas out of the recent remakes...

With the house made entirely of wax and expanding it so everyone in the town was made of wax. I thought that was a great twist on the story

Paris was even tolerable but thet might of had something to do with her getting minimal screen time. The only complaint's i had was that I couldn't get into the characters as much as I should have. I always prefer having less known actors in a horror film it's easily to suspend be disbelief that way. I also felt the scene where...

Alicia's Character gets her figure cut and her reaction looks like it hurt as much as pulling out a hair. I had a heavy door slam on my finger one time and I felt like i was going to puke. I would imagine getting your finger cut off would feel similar or worse.

...was very unrealistic.

I also thought the main killer wasn't menacing enough but I guess with how the film turned out, that was suppose to be the point.

All in all a good remake on par with the remake of Amitiville IMO.

[MrKateB]

I thought the Amityville remake was decent, only because I thought the original film was pretty lacking all around.

House of Wax, I fully agree, took fucking FOREVER to get going. Paris was terrible (as was everyone else) but interestingly enough, her character was the least annoying of them all. I also agree that having the house itself be made of wax, and the entire town be a set up was a nice touch, but for me at least, it wasn't enough.

[The Joker]

I just checked out House of Wax this past weekend and was actually pleasantly surprised. I'm usually biased against any horror flick with today's "teen stars" in them....but this one really wasn't bad. As many have said, even Paris was tolerable...and the night vision video of her with her boyfriend....nice touch :) I thought the town was eerie as hell....the frozen expressions on the wax figures was sort of "from another dimension" if you will. It seemed like a seperate world in that town. Overall I was pleased

[indiephantom]

Didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped, but the wax house was pretty cool. They could have some really interesting DVD packaging if they wanted to try something cool and give it a "wax" appearance.

That said, I wonder if this will be a similar case to Gothika and get two DVD's within a short time period.

[Peter Vincent]

So who'd buy the DVD? I'd get it for less than $15...anything more than that at release I'll wait until its 2 for $15 at Worst Buy or Jerk-It City.

[betterdan]

I would buy the dvd for less than $15, hell I would even buy 2 at that price and give 1 to onebyone. :D

[RyanPC]

I would probably buy it, but not if it's over $15... and even then it wouldn't be a high priority for me because there are so many better movies that I need to buy first.

[onebyone]

I would buy the dvd for less than $15, hell I would even buy 2 at that price and give 1 to onebyone. :D

Further proof that you are rotten... to the core.

*Gets Dawn of the Dead 2004 DVD ready, just in case I need to send you a copy*

[betterdan]

Further proof that you are rotten... to the core.

*Gets Dawn of the Dead 2004 DVD ready, just in case I need to send you a copy*
For the love of God please noooooooooo :cry:

[dwatts]

--So who'd buy the DVD?--

Well, it's getting pretty good reviews here, so I'd say I'd give it a go. However, let's face it - this is going to get a major push in the rental stores. So, I'll buy it ex-rental for $10, like I do most new films these days.

[maskull]

I'd definitely buy it. Not for $30.00, but I won't spend that much for a DVD too often these days anyway. I'd pay around $20-22 (Canadian) for it.

[VideoViolence]

Just saw it today and I thought it was an excellent movie! Elisha Cuthbert was hot hot hot in this movie! It will never be a classic like the original, and it doesn't touch it, in any way, but was still a very entertaining flick!!

[sacateca]

Easily the best horror film to come out in a long time (the only other good one that comes to mind is Toolbox Murders). And i don't know what's the big deal with Paris, i thought she was good in the film...methinks some people are prejudiced and/or want to be trendy by trashing her.

Oh yes, and i liked the way they didn't try to really remake the original but used it more as an inspiration. i'm gonna have to change my mind about this flood of remakes soon if they keep up the quality.

[Bobbywoodhogan]

Will it scare wel I'm taking my date to this film on Friday and I want her to get scared :D

[Ash28M]

Easily the best horror film to come out in a long time .

Well If you mean a long time as in this year. Then i may go as far as agreeing with you. Further then that would be pushing it.

[Luna]

Out of all the horror films to come out of late, this is the one that gets the love? Really? Honestly? Seriously? Did I just get puck'd?

I am going to put this all in spoiler tags, just to be sure:

I had no intention of seeing this movie until it hit DVD. Due to good reviews from friends and its steeply dropping box office, I decided to go see it today because I had some unexpected free time. Boy, did I fuck up. I would have been better off waxing my kitchen floor or perhaps eating glass.

Ok, I admit that I had a bias against the movie going in, because it features not one, not two, not three, but FOUR "actors" that I don't like. What I didn't know going in was that...they are all playing the exact same characters I don't like them for. What fresh hell is this? I don't know what I did to piss you guys at Dark Castle off, but I am truly sorry, m'kay?

Bias aside, I spent 58 minutes in my chair before anything happens in the movie that didn't totally suck. 58 long and boring minutes. What was I doing during this time? I was thinking ill thoughts about the folks who told me to go see this movie. I was planning on how to kill all the annoying as HELL characters myself. I was thinking of how fast Jason would have torn through this crew. (They camped out a whole night and no one died? The hell?) I was drafting letters of apology to the director of Saw for all the smack I talked about his movie, because at least that was funny. Here, the only jokes were the 1,454,788 references to the fact that Paris Hilton had sex on tape. Didn't care then, don't care now, won't care ever. NOT FUNNY. Most importantly, I was staring at the Exit sign a lot. I probably would have left, but I had the theater to myself so it was kind of cozy. I should have left. Damn it, why didn't I leave? *face palm*

Once the killing/waxing finally started, I became a little more interested. I really enjoyed the first kill/waxing, but that could have just been because it broke up the monotony of all these annoying fucks not dying. The rest of the kills weren't all that great. The Prowler hasn't been upstaged here. I enjoyed the killing on a "Kill Them, Kill Them ALL" level, but nothing more. The killers didn't even impress me that much. Siamese twins, blah blah, wax, blah blah, hicks, blah blah, we love our mama, blah blah. Whatever. It was a big heaping pot of whatever set to the most predictable music in the world and shot like the cinematographer himself was bored. For that? I can't blame him one bit.

Finally, we got to the big ending and the house was melting, and yeah. That was pretty cool, even though I could have cared less who lived and who died in that point. The wax was cool in and of itself. If it killed everyone, that was just a plus. It was so cool in fact that had they stopped the movie right after that, I might have left not feeling 100% full of HATE for that movie. It would have been more like 85%. However, they predictably tacked on a really smug "twist" that wasn't really a twist and was just whatever to piss me off all over again right before I left.

So, my final word? HATE. This is the first remake that I left just wanting to punch someone in the mouth for. I swear, it's like you were in my head during the movie and wrote this one just for me. The only thing is that I haven't seen Saw yet, or I'd probably agree with that too. :lol:

Really though, I saw this at the dollar theater tonight and was getting pretty antsy, squirming in my seat and wanting the movie to end. I was bored beyond belief for more than half of it, and by the time the killings started up, I just didn't care. Not at all. I even wound up falling asleep for a minute or two, about three times... I was just that bored.

It wasn't even the inclusion of Paris Hilton in the cast that did it for me, although yeah, the video tape jokes weren't even knee-slap funny. I didn't even hate the cast so much as I wished they'd just hurry up and die already. I don't know. Whatever drop of good might have been in this film for me, like the idea of waxing someone, it was just overshadowed by the tedium. I actually wanted to like this one, and was looking forward to seeing Paris slaughtered and encased in wax, but it just didn't happen for me at all.

I'm just glad I only paid 75 cents to see this movie, or I'd probably be a lot more annoyed. :D

[VenicuS]

I caught it fairly early in release, and yeah, it was dull, cookie-cutter pablum, with a bunch of stereotypical characters that nobody really gives a shit about by the end of the movie, but it did have some interesting moments that caught me off guard, I'll admit, in particular the brutal manner in which Paris Hilton's character buys the farm. That was just awesome. And at least the filmmakers included some nods here and there to Vincent Price. I'll stick to the House of Wax/Mystery of the Wax Museum disc at home.

[Luna]

Yeah, one of the very few pluses for me was seeing Baby Jane singing up on the big screen. :D

[BloodMan]

Saw this recently too... mehh. Garbage I say... tho that severed head bit was frikkin cool looking. But mehh. Its really just a boring movie for a good hour then the last chunk, stuff happens but its too late to get into anything.

[bigwes15]

I don't know why many of you guys couldn't get into this one. I loved it and thought it was one of the best slasher flicks I'd seen in a long time. I am anxiously awaiting the DVD!

[fceurich39]

Hitting Dvd Either Oct 18th Or Oct 25th

[Mok]

Saw it reluctantly on the weekend.

Wow! I actually loved it. Sure there were unintentionally laughable moments, but there was also some great hardcore moments too. A hell of a lot better than what I expected. This is totally along the lines of the TCM remake.

[Paul0889]

Hitting Dvd Either Oct 18th Or Oct 25th

i think you're right, at best buy today they had the trailer playing on the tv screens non stop with a caption reading COMING TO DVD THIS FALL

[dwatts]

As usual, I am the very last person to see a film :)

Anyway, I got the DVD ex-rental for less than $10, so it wasn't much of a risk one way or the other.

Basically it's a thumbs up from me. Not a geat film, not anything (with one exception) that pushes it to the upper echelons of modern horror - but not too bad in the "fun for its own sake" stakes.

The exception was the climax of the wax house melting. Come on people, that was great! Comments on how realistic such a thing could be is missing the point, imo. The spectacle was really good, and the CGI well done. Two thumbs up.

It was worth the money I paid for it - and I can easily imagine myself watching it again.

[slinker]

I actually quite enjoyed this, wasnt expecting much but for what it was it was a good movie. Had some real unexpected nasty scenes too especially...

When the bad man snipped the finger off that chick through the gutter bars! ...Nice!

Wouldnt call it a masterpiece but it was an enjoyable 2 hours if nothing else, i didnt feel cheated and as said the ending was awesome :glasses:

[maskull]

When the bad man snipped the finger off that chick through the gutter bars! ...Nice!
Yeah that surprised me actually. I figured she'd pull her finger back in at the last second. I was impressed they actually had it cut off.

[Shokk]

Watched this the other night and thought it was pretty good.It really didnt start out well for me,i thought all of the characters were annoying (i didnt doubt they would be )...Paris,was not the only offender.Thankfully once they reach the town,things took a turn for the much better.Much nastier than i imagined it would be and that was a big plus.Really a remake in name only..it was much more a straight up slasher film.Well worth checking out for those who have not yet..

[MaxRenn]

As usual, I am the very last person to see a film :)

Actually that's me, as I caught it for free on the DirecTV Free weekend Sunday night. Not too bad with some good ideas concerning the House of Wax and the town. The set-up could have been better, it seemed unnecessarily complicated so that people didn't know what had happened to others. The "twist" was completely unnecessary and irritating. **1/2 out of ****

[Cabal]

Watched this yesterday. Pretty boring movie. ** out of *****. Hope i never see it again.

[Luna]

That just about sums it up for me. :lol:

[RyanPC]

As I believe I've said before, I enjoyed it. It wasn't anything great but I thought it was a lot of fun and one of the better horror films to come out recently (that's not saying much though; there have been only a handful of modern horror films that I would consider great). I got the DVD for free, so I can see myself watching it again.

[evildeadfan123]

I thought it was a pretty good movie. The only reason I watch it is for Jared Padalecki.

[killnstalk]

i caught it on some premium channel sunday.i thought it was good.some gory kills and i liked the main killer.

[killnstalk]

p.s anyone know if theres lots of extras on the dvd like cut footage/gore?

[YottNik]

The "twist" was completely unnecessary and irritating.
I don't even remember there being a twist. I guess that says how much this thing stayed with me.

I seem to recall the last half hour being kind of fun but the first hour just mind numbingly dull.