House of Wax (2005 film)
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| Directed by | Jaume Collet-Serra |
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| Music by | John Ottman |
| Cinematography | Stephen F. Windon |
| Edited by | Joel Negron |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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113 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $70 million |
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Commercial soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Various, John Ottman | |
| Released | May 3, 2005 (commercial), May 10, 2005 (score) |
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Soundtracks Film scores Alternative metal Gothic rock |
| Length | 50:41 (commercial), 41:46 (score) |
| Label | Varese Sarabande |
House of Wax (originally titled Wax House, Baby) is a 2005 American-Australian horror thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton and Jared Padalecki. It is based on a story by Charles Belden. It is a loose remake of the 1953 film of the same name, itself a remake of the 1933 movie Mystery of the Wax Museum. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in US theaters on May 6, 2005.
In 1974, a woman is making a wax mask as one of her sons eats breakfast silently. Her husband enters with another son who is throwing fits of rage and agony. He is strapped and taped into his chair and knocks over the wax mask in the process, smashing it to pieces. He then scratches his mother's hand and she slaps the child across the face.
In 2005, Carly Jones, her twin brother Nick, her boyfriend Wade, her best friend Paige, Paige's boyfriend Blake and Nick's friend Dalton are on their way to a football game in Louisiana. When night falls, the group sets up camp, after which a foul smell hangs in the air. A stranger in a pickup truck visits their campsite, shines his lights and refuses to leave or address them until Nick smashes one of his headlights. The next morning, Wade discovers that his car's fan belt is broken. Carly and Paige wander into the woods and Carly falls down a hill, into a pit filled with animal carcasses. After rescuing her, the group meets a strange, rural man named Lester, who offers to drive Carly and Wade to the nearby town of Ambrose to get a new fan belt, while the rest of them go to the football game.
The two arrive at Ambrose, which is virtually a ghost town. Unable to find an attendant at the gas station, they wander into the church, disrupting a funeral. There, they meet a mechanic named Bo, who offers to sell them a fan belt after the funeral. While waiting for the services to end, Carly and Wade visit the 'House of Wax', a wax museum which itself is made of wax and is the central feature of the town. The gas station does not have the right size fan belt, so they follow Bo to his house. Inside, Wade is knocked out by Bo's twin brother, Vincent, who is wearing a wax mask to cover his disfigured face. Outside, Carly realizes Bo is the one who visited them the night before, after noticing his car's broken headlight. She runs to the church for help, but finds out that it is populated only by wax sculptures. Bo captures Carly and brings her to the cellar of the gas station, where she is restrained and her lips are glued. Meanwhile, Vincent strips Wade naked and straps him to a chair, where he is both injected and covered in molten wax.
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