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House of Wax

Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 6, 2005

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41	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews

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38

Boston Globe

For Hilton haters, the stupid and grotesque remake of House of Wax will only stoke their schadenfreude. Read full review

30

Los Angeles Times

Related to the 1953 Vincent Price film in name, embalming technique and Warner Bros. pedigree only, the new House of Wax is a dreary, predictable tale. Read full review

30

Washington Post

You'll be rooting for these people to get slaughtered out of sheer boredom. Read full review

25

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Overlong, unscary, poorly paced and banally written. Read full review

25

USA Today

When the cast starts wondering where the roadkill is, someone says, "Follow the smell." Good tip: That's how you'll know where Wax is playing. Read full review

25

Baltimore Sun

Barf-bag baroque. Read full review

25

PremiereAaron Hillis

A sadistically bland entertainment that oversells its reveals and lets its suspense drip so long that it would be nice if something (anything!) happened. Read full review

25

Rolling Stone

Purists, be warned: This scare-flick quickie has as much relation to the 1953 Vincent Price classic with the same title as Paris Hilton does to acting. Read full review

25

Charlotte Observer

Lawrence Toppman

Weak, obligatory stabs at humor make it more generic than it might've been. Read full review

20

Variety

Direly predictable, with candle-drip pacing and a pervasive unpleasantness. Read full review

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