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When a wax sculptor's lifetime work goes up in flames, the embittered artist uses his fire-scarred hands to gain revenge on the world. He begins to create sculptures by encasing his human victims in wax, and with his barbaric methods kept secret, enjoys critical acclaim and commercial success. However, his work is disturbed by the investigations of a fearless young woman (Phyllis Kirk), who is determined to find out how her missing friend has come to a sticky end. Vincent Price stars in this cult classic, with Charles Bronson as his faithful servant, Igor.
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50 of 53 people found the following review helpful
By P. D. gray
Format:DVD
Wow! not only do you get HOUSE OF WAX starring Vincent Price on this DVD but also MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM, the earlier, 1933 film starrin LIONELL ATWILL on which its based. AND.... some great, silent newsreel footage of the premiere of the VINCENT PRICE version, you see BELA LUGOSI turning up with a man dressed as a gorilla!!!!!!!! really bizarre.
NOT as bizzare though as WARNERS strange decision NOT to advertise these extras on the packaging, I only noticed that under the cast/credits of the VINCENT PRICE version on the back of the box there was also in tiny writing the cast list of the LIONELL ATWILL version...and so put it in my DVD player and WOW!
This is a GREAT dvd with 2 superb movies...it would sell tons more if WARNERS done a proper job on the packaging.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The Vincent Price film is fun for most of its running time. Price is good value as always and there are some good set pieces - including the initial fire in the wax museum and some well staged fogbound stalking. However it is let down by a plodding pace and a weak supporting cast that gives the film a very 'buttoned down' fifties feel.
As noted by the first reviewer an 'extra' on this disc is the earlier Michael Curtiz version from the 1930s which is simply fantastic. This is scripted at a much faster pace and has a far more satisfying story based around a newspaper reporter (wise cracking blonde Glenda Farrel)investigating the case. It is filmed in the early two strip technicolor process which has a muted and limited colour range but in fact this really adds to the atmosphere of the film. Fay Wray gets to scream a lot and look pretty (she succeeds on both counts) and Lionell Atwill makes the villain a believable human being (and therefore all the more chilling). Echoes of art deco in some of the set designs adds another pleasing dimension to the staging of the film. A marked contrast to the flat - almost televisual - look of the later version. The biggest puzzle is why this delight is buried away and barely mentioned on the packaging of the DVD.
Both films are worth watching - just make sure you watch fifties version first and then follow up with the sharper version from the thirties.
As noted by the first reviewer an 'extra' on this disc is the earlier Michael Curtiz version from the 1930s which is simply fantastic. This is scripted at a much faster pace and has a far more satisfying story based around a newspaper reporter (wise cracking blonde Glenda Farrel)investigating the case. It is filmed in the early two strip technicolor process which has a muted and limited colour range but in fact this really adds to the atmosphere of the film. Fay Wray gets to scream a lot and look pretty (she succeeds on both counts) and Lionell Atwill makes the villain a believable human being (and therefore all the more chilling). Echoes of art deco in some of the set designs adds another pleasing dimension to the staging of the film. A marked contrast to the flat - almost televisual - look of the later version. The biggest puzzle is why this delight is buried away and barely mentioned on the packaging of the DVD.
Both films are worth watching - just make sure you watch fifties version first and then follow up with the sharper version from the thirties.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By David Wicks
Format:Blu-ray
Would love to see 3D versions of House of Wax released through authentic channels... plus other Warner 3D offerings including Dial M for Murder and Phantom of the Rue Morgue. Then, of course, there's Universal's Creature from the Black Lagoon and Revenge of the Creature, plus It Came From Outer Space.
The technology is there, guys, and the public has dollars ready...
The technology is there, guys, and the public has dollars ready...
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Love old horror movies.
This is the best and original house of wax ,looked for this one for a long time and this was the cheapest one to buy and I,m glad I bought it when I did ,as I commented before if... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars
got new version.
i love these sort of films. so i had to order it. i bet its alot better than the one with paris hilton in. must buy
Published 13 months ago by tango
4.0 out of 5 stars
classic horror
price plays a sculptor of waxworks whose small museum is not making enough money for his backer who then burns it to the ground for the insurance. Read more
Published 15 months ago by jed
5.0 out of 5 stars
Priceless
This is such a quality movie, and even better given that there is not that much horror even though
this is a horror film. Read more
this is a horror film. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Colonel Decker
5.0 out of 5 stars
In any format it's a genre highlight.
Henry Jarrod is a very talented sculptor of wax figures for a museum. But as the museum starts to flounder, Jarrod's partner, Matthew Burke, insists on taking a new direction, a... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Spike Owen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hot Wax
Another great performance from Vincent Price, this time as Prof. Henry Jarrod. At first Jarrod looks like a talented sculptor in charge of an everyday wax museum. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Shamone
5.0 out of 5 stars
House of Wax - a definitive DVD
I was interested to note that this DVD contained two versions of the film - the famous Vincent Price version of 1953, and the 1933 two-colour Technicolor "Mystery of the Wax... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2011 by D. Warner
5.0 out of 5 stars
A little camp, a little hammy
This has to be one of my all time favourite Vincent Price movies. In this he plays Henry Jarrod, a brilliant wax figurines sculptor. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2011 by NELMES316
5.0 out of 5 stars
Two great movies
This is a "star buy" ! Not only do you get the 1953 version with Vincent Price ( albeit not in 3D!) you also receive the 1933 version directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2010 by Adrian Drew
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great - a must see!
House of Wax is a top drawer horror film even if it borrows extensively on the dialogue and ideas of the earlier Mystery of the Wax Museum, which I found the better film. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2010 by Movie Fan from Portugal
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