House of Wax

2005 Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

Prey. Slay. Display

A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

Elisha Cuthbert Chad Michael Murray Brian Van Holt Paris Hilton Jared Padalecki Jon Abrahams Robert Ri'chard Damon Herriman Dragicia Debert Murray Smith Thomas Adamson Sam Harkess Emma Lung Andy Anderson Kendal Rae

Alternative Titles

惊恐蜡像馆, Muzeum voskových figurín, Kuća voštanih figura, Casa de ceara, Къщата на восъка, Vasko namai, Το Σπίτι του Θανάτου, Vahakujude maja, La Casa de Cera, Kuća od voska, La Casa De Cera, 하우스 오브 왁스, Wax House, Baby

horror drama

113 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Vilu ★★★ 3

I can't believe Paris Hilton invented acting in 2005
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★ 30

House of Wax deserves for you to at least give it a chance. I believe it's criminally underrated and one of the most entertaining horror movies of the 2000s.
A lot of the hate comes from the casting of Paris Hilton. Remember, this movie was released before social media took over your life, and your cellphone was your acquaintance and not your best friend. Paris had some fun one night with a green screen and had a reality show. She was a way too easy target for unnecessary hate. Not enough "Reality Fish" in the sea. Here's the thing: She plays herself. Makes fun of herself, and prances around in skimpy clothes. (That's hot!) She's not awful, and actually brings…
Review by Dyrnott ★★★½ 10

I’m surprised it took me so long to this movie! It was entertaining! I had heard so many trash it because of Paris Hilton. It wasn’t fantastic but it was fun. Decent gore and creepy as hell! If you want to check it out you can find it on Tubi!
Review by Ava ★★★★★ 3

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?
Review by single white femalien 2: the psycho femalien 2

kind of crazy that there was a man named chad michael murray and we all just accepted that as ok! it's not!
Review by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim ★★★★ 2

a mere "mmhmm" from paris hilton got the whole crowd loling tonight - what a fucking icon.
an incredible time capsule of 2005. beautiful, hilarious... should be slasher canon.
35mm. Alamo Drafthouse.
Review by Ian West ★★★½ 8

Very popular in its time, 2005’s House of Wax is way more indebted to Tourist Trap and the tcm ripoff movies than any Vincent Price or Lionel Atwill classic era wax museum movie—its nicely shot mindless slop filled with dingy early 2000’s mock industrial aesthetics (everything looks like a Saw warehouse lol). There’s a nu metal laced soundtrack, a redneck torture twin family, a desolate ghost town, and a slew of jabroni characters who meet their end via mean spirited gruesome kills that actually look like they hurt.
I’m a big fan of the directors horror work (and how he and his DPs decide to shoot a movie) and the fact that this had so much money thrown at it…
Review by Mike Thorn 5

Still mulling over some of these images (e.g. two lead players crawling between the letters of a melting frontispiece that displays the film's title; behind them, the screen ignites with flame). Not only is this brutal and effective genre cinema, but it also contains a formal self-awareness that raises it to a whole other level. It's really, really good.
Review by mima 🌙 ★★★

I remember this movie traumatized me as a kid. House of Wax is surely one hell of a fun horror flick. Some parts were actually scary and Paris Hilton didn't suck.
Review by jessie ★★★½ 13

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

if you dislike this movie i’ll just assume you hate fun. there will be no house of wax slander here.
the acting is obviously super cringe worthy at times but this movie is nostalgic for me. who doesn’t love watching paris hilton get a pole driven through her skull? also the credits rolling to helena by my chemical romance truly peak cinema.
Review by marcricov ★★★★★ 4

If someone were to ask, “How would you best describe the difference between House of Wax (1953) and House of Wax (2005)?” The answer would be something of the sort: “If 1953 was the family-friendly theme park attraction, 2005 is the adrenaline-pumping rollercoaster that everyone is too scared to ride.”
The difference between the two is jarring to say at the least, but Jaume Collet-Serra’s remake really turned it up a few notches, offering equal amounts of genre campiness and gruesome thrills in the process of sculpting something new out of a traditional idea.

Andre De Toth’s spooky outing will forever remain untouchable for its lush cinematography and classical Hollywood charm, yet there’s no denying that the remake delivers much…
Review by aaron ★★★★ 8

I'm never lighting a candle ever again

Recent reviews

Review by siva ★★★

apesar do roteiro ser tosco, eu achei o resto do trabalho muito bem feito
Review by Michelle Mason ★

This movie is gross and stupid, like most R rated 2000s horror films.
Review by jane ★★½

needed to be At Least 30 minutes shorter this dragged so much. otherwise it was my favorite brand of shitty early 2000s horror huge fan
Review by Reinier_Zouw ★★½

As a barebones slasher film this just takes an inexcusably long time to get going, and even once it ostensibly does it still drags its feet a bit too much. But! Around 90 minutes in Jaume Collet-Serra realizes he's actually a good director and churns out an incredibly tense and memorable final setpiece that feels imported from a much better movie. I'd take off half a star for absolutely squandering a perfectly good Deftones needle drop, but then I'd have to give that back anyway for cutting to credits on My Chemical Romance.
Review by Jillian ★

Loooool
Review by virginia ★★★★

finally had a friend over for a movie night !!!!! it’s been so long
Review by jesús ★★★★

carly jones <3
Review by therealadeutry ★★★

Contender for best time capsule of the early 2000s. The Paris Hilton blowjob/reaching for her chapstick scene is iconic, incredible stuff. However, I wouldn't want to be encased in wax, so only 3 stars
Review by gorehorror ★★

When I thought the movie was almost over it still had 45 min to go. Unlike able characters, it has some okay gore and kill scenes, just seems to drag on and on.
Review by Ash Vitus Raymer ★★★½

Begins as nothing more than b movie humor before it goes full on fuck you imma slice you Imma dice you Imma SACRIFICE YOU! People who live in wax houses shouldn’t throw lit candles
Review by llewyn ★★

jared padalecki face peeling off scene my beloved
Review by morgan ★★½

ewwww