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The House of Wax (2005)
Director: Jaume Serra
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From Time Out New York
Paris Hilton turns out to be a perfectly serviceable B-movie horror starlet in House of Wax, dishing up some bitchy comic relief and dying a spectacular death. Drat. Looks like those wax-related barbs will have to wait. Indeed, while the flick as a whole commits the dual cardinal sins of not being scary and dishonoring its 1953 namesake—a garish, extremely fun thriller to which the new version can't hold a candle (ha!)—it does include some grace notes (particularly its vaguely surreal production design) that make its tenure less than enraging.Author: JR
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Cast & crew
Director: Jaume Serra
Producer: Joel Silva, Robert Zemeckis, Susan Levin
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams, Damon Herriman, Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Robert Ri'chard full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 110 mins
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