This is actually a sort of remake of the 1930s film The Mystery Of The Wax Museum. Vincent Price is in superb form as a wax sculptor who is horribly disfigured in a fire and then becomes an insane murderer.
I have no desire to see the more recent remake which has Paris Hilton in it!
This review of House of Wax (1953) was written by Mark D on 26 Jan 2008.
House of Wax has generally received positive reviews.
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