Clearly, it’s not going to end well.Ĭollet-Serra doesn’t conjure a whole lot of atmosphere out of this cross between Wrong Turn, Waxwork, and Tourist Trap, but the film works fairly well as a standard slasher film with multiple environments that add movement to the particularly long running time. That’s because twin brothers Bo (Brian Van Holt) and Vincent have turned the entire town into human candles, and foolishly crafted their whole museum out of wax too. ![]() They end up stopping in Ambrose, a town only known for its House of Wax museum and possibly the largest roadkill pit in America, and soon they find out that this was quite possibly the biggest mistake of their lives. She’s accompanied by boyfriend Wade (Jared Padalecki), brother Nick (Chad Michael Murray), and friends Paige (Paris Hilton), Dalton (Jon Abrahams), and Blake (Robert Ri’chard), most of whom are pretty interchangeable as human beings (read: annoying stereotypes, for the most part). While House of Wax certainly shows some flaws in its mold, it is also a surprisingly effective entry in the remake craze that shows there was originally some promise in trying to capture the charm of some older films.Įlisha Cuthbert stars as the film’s main protagonist Carly, twin and most level-headed of her group of friends headed on a road trip to catch some spectacular football game. With that said, most viewers probably know what they’re getting with a movie from this period: popular alt rock, a cast of young and amiliar faces, and a penchant for more gore than the usual slasher movie fare because everything is ratcheted up to 11. ![]() ![]() Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2005 film House of Wax hit during the heyday of the ’00s remake craze in fact, it has the distinction of being one of the first despite very, very loosely adapting its source material.
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