I can't believe Paris Hilton invented acting in 2005

THIS IS THE SHIT I LIVE FOR.

I would love to hear a few legitimate arguments against this movie being amazing (or to be completely honest, a horror masterpiece) that don’t regard the acting (which isn’t that bad) or how horror sucks and remakes are dumb. This is one of my new favorite movies and you could definitely say that its just my ginormous soft spot for horror movies that get a bad rep talking but I like to think that this is something really incredible. Also can we talk about how every song on that soundtrack is a fuckin’ banger?

paris hilton doing acting is on par with kim kardashian and her singing career

my mean husband wont let me turn us both into wax figures im so mad. he never lets me do anything fun its not fair :(

this is my favorite movey. good stuff: all of it. bad stuff: some of the music like the song that plays over the end credits makes me wanna puncture my eardrums so i can never hear again but even so i'll allow it!! i hope i never wander into a town full of murder victims entombed in a wax shell that would really suck but also maybe cool? im just saying. mostly bad tho. should i get really rich and buy an abandoned town and fill it with wax sculptures (not dead randos) just for funsies? will anyone donate to my kickstarter campaign? it's my dream as a woman and i need to follow it so if you dont donate you're a misogyny imo

One of my ultimate guilty pleasures. Let’s be real, what other film features a sequence in which Paris Hilton gets a pole struck through her head??

Neben einer ereignislosen Produktion konnte ich schwere Probleme feststellen, Frau Cuthbert zusammen mit ihren Kollegen in ein Bild zu bekommen. Sie ist zu klein.

Good: practical effects, some scares, some set design, Elisha Cuthbert's face

Bad: pacing, acting, pacing, pacing, acting, pacing

If your horror movie is nearly two hours long, it better be stylistically interesting, or relatively deep in terms of plot or themes. This is neither. The wax stuff is pretty cool, the final fifteen minutes particularly, but aside from those physical set pieces and practical effects, the movie merely resembles a slightly grimier than average horror movie made in the 2000s.

The director should have focused on what he could do well, but instead we spend a vast majority of the much-too-long run time watching everyone involved fail miserably, in both the film and reality. Movie would be a 3.5 if it was just much (30min+) shorter.

Unterschätztes und gelungenes Regiedebüt von Jaume Collet-Serra. Der Film wurde ja praktisch seit seinem Release nur auf die Nebenrolle von Paris Hilton reduziert. Ja, sie ist nicht gut, aber in meinen Augen keine komplette Katastrophe. Das größte Manko des Films sind in meinen Augen eh die Charaktere bzw Schauspieler, die hier bestenfalls mittelmäßig spielen. Dennoch mag ich den Film. Die Wachs Thematik finde ich spannend und gut umgesetzt. "House of Wax" sieht super aus, baut kontinuierlich Atmosphäre auf und einige verdammt brutale Szenen, die ich so gar nicht mehr in Erinnerung hatte, bekommt man auch. Das Finale ist über jeden Zweifel erhaben und Collet-Serra schafft es trotz der fast zwei Stunden Laufzeit, mich immer bei Laune zu halten.
Zu Unrecht unterschätzt.

Rating: 38%
Enjoyability Rating: 5/10

It's not as good as the first. Pretty soulless with bad acting and a cheap look. Though, it is scary in parts and it has an alright soundtrack, I guess.

A surprise!

wax on/wax off

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Over the top violence that didn’t necessarily help drive the plot line