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'House of Wax': Cheeseball horror remake

Poor Elisha Cuthbert. She takes a pay-the-rent role in a crummy horror flick, puts on the obligatory wife beater, gets ogled by mossy-teethed backwoods geeks then tied to a chair and tortured, and what does all the movie buzz revolve around? Paris Hilton. Sheesh. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
College students stranded by car trouble wander into a museum overseen by a sadistic curator. A "re-imagining" of the 1953 Vincent Price vehicle — without the 3D.

FILM FACTS ...
Warner Bros. Pictures
'House of Wax'

Director: Jaume Serra
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Jared Padalecki
Run time: 105 minutes
Release date: May 6, 2005
Rating: R for horror violence, some sexual content and language.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: D
"Hollywood upchucks stuff like this on a regular basis, knowing that cheap-thrill-seeking moviegoers will pile into theaters on opening weekend primarily to see Paris Hilton get chased through the woods in her bra and panties and ultimately, uh, impaled..."

The Palm Beach Post "Flick Chick"
"In the context of a stupid horror movie, Paris Hilton's an acting genius."


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