House of Wax
1953  NR  HORROR  1h 28min
CAST— Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Paul Picerni, Carolyn Jones, Paul Cavanaugh, Charles Buchinsky (Bronson)
MUSIC— David Buttolph  DIRECTOR— Andre de Toth

     Vincent Price welcomes you to the House of Wax, a grisly chamber of horrors with a deadly secret. At first, Price plays a sculptor specializing in beautiful wax statues. But his creations are destroyed by his business partner, and Price barely survives the destructive fire. Months later he reemerges into the business world with a new wax museum, this time offering attractions suited to the macabre, scenes of death and torture. But nosy patron Phyllis Kirk begins to see something funny in one display; one statue looks an awful lot like her late roommate (whose body went missing from the morgue). Others make note of similarities between the missing deceased and Price’s creations. A fine chiller that feels like a B but is delivered like a reputable film. And yes, that is Charles Bronson as the deaf/mute assistant. Originally filmed in 3-D. Deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.
OUR RATING— ** ½
ORIGINAL— Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
REMADE AS— House of Wax (2005)