House of Wax | AccessAtlanta

'House of Wax': Cheeseball horror remake
by Phil Kloer

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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On the web
Official movie site
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Trailers require Quicktime

READ THE REVIEW

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..."