House of Wax
Warner Bros. | Release Date: April 25, 1953 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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The New York TimesBosley Crowther
The major causes for anxiety presented by this film are in the savagery of its conception and the intolerable artlessness of its sound. It is thrown and howled at the audience as though the only purpose was to overwhelm the naturally curious patron with an excess of brutal stimuli. Read full review
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