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
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Andre de Toth's direction, while uneven, nonetheless gears it to the medium. Read full review
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Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Price is fun (this was the film that typed him as a horror star), the fire in the waxworks is good for a gruesome thrill, and De Toth brings off one classic sequence with Kirk fleeing through the gaslit streets pursued by a shadowy figure in a billowing cloak. Read full review
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The TelegraphTim Robey
Scriptwise, it's as stilted as any other 1950s studio horror flick, but De Toth does a great job at making the melting waxworks look genuinely creepy, and, yes, that really is Charles Bronson (credited with his original surnme, "Buchinsky") loping about the museum as Price's deaf-mute assistant Igor. [28 May 2005]
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