dragunov-52990 House of wax brought something new to the world, 3d filming(not actuall 3d with special glasses). The movie was so intense and misterious for 1953 the ending will leave you breathless and shocked but as we could see and learned that most of pre 60's horror movies had a good ending. Vincent Price is playing a very misterious role in this film, he has to portray the modern and calm yet obsessed with wax figurines, serial killer, calculate in every way. The two friend(portrayed) actresses played a + and - role. The + was the woman who was thinking straight and didnt chase the boys and didnt really cared how she looked and the - was her friend wich was exact opposite. Overall a great movie

saylub House of Wax is a 1953 horror movie directed by Andre De Toth and starring Vincent Price. The film's strength was in the story and the performance by Vincent Price (Professor Henry Jarrod). It is a unique and unsettling story about the owner of a wax museum that burns down and decides to commit murder as a way of rebuilding a new wax museum. Even though the movie debuted over half a century ago, there were some genuinely unnerving moments in the twisted nature of Vincent Price's character and the moments where fear of the unknown is employed.House of Wax is a horror movie that came before the "slasher" films and does not rely of the shock of gore or violence but is more a psychological thriller. The moments where Henry is tracking down his victim definitely parallel Freddy with Nightmare on Elm Street, who also has a face scarred by burns. It was good, but not as good as other people within the same genre and decade (Hitchcock).

BA_Harrison 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.

classicsoncall I had a brief 'huh?' moment when that carnival barker (Reggie Rymal) showed up for the opening of the House of Wax Museum. It was only after I read a few of the reviews here that I learned this was originally a 3D film and those paddle ball blasts would have been a real highlight for movie goers of the era. Otherwise the guy's appearance was almost as out of place as that 'Intermission' sequence that might have lasted about ten seconds, requiring one to actually hit the pause button to get a cup of coffee.It's been a while since I've seen Lionel Atwill in the 1933 version of this film, "Mystery of the Wax Museum". Both share a similar story line and choosing the better of the two is probably a matter of personal preference. I like both Atwill and Vincent Price so for me it's a toss up. However Price's first appearance in the picture as the figure in black was almost comical to me, limping along like some deranged Zorro. He even had two accomplices dressed exactly the same way when he stole the body of Cathy Gray (Carolyn Jones) from the city morgue.I guess it's no big thing, but if you're paying attention you probably question as I did how the crippled Jarrod wasn't able to stay in character with his disability as time went on. When he made Matthew Burke his first victim and went chasing Sue Allen (Phyllis Kirk) through the city streets at night he was hobbling along with his deformed foot at an awkward angle, but by the time he's fighting off the cops at the finale, he's running up stairs with the agility of an athlete.The biggest surprise for me in this picture was seeing Charles Bronson show up as Henry Jarrod's (Price) assistant at the wax museum. He was still using his real name Buchinsky at the time but depending on the movie or TV credit, it was spelled differently, making me wonder if that was intended or just a matter of getting his name spelled wrong by film makers. Some of his credits even list him as 'Chas' as his name showed up in the credits for a Roy Rogers TV episode back in the Fifties.Well aside from all that, Vincent Price fans ought to have a pretty good time with this one. This was the film that launched his eventual status as a horror film icon, making me an instant fan as a kid with the likes of "The Fly" and "House on Haunted Hill" in the late Fifties. He had that great voice and terrific presence as an actor, ranking him right up there with the other greats like Karloff and Chaney.