Review of House of Wax (2005) by Russell G — 15 Oct 2014
It shows great potential with strong visuals and a concept that is quite scary, but it by typical horror movie mistakes hurt it. The opening flashback scene looks very promising, but things quickly devolve by shifting the attention to a group of idiot college friends.
The movie slows down to establish its characters, but it fails because these characters are garbage. It is painfully obvious who will live and who is kill-count filler right from the start. Superfluous character interactions plague this movie with a prolonged slow start and later deter from the mysterious and frightening aspects of the movie.
When the main story finally gets going, it is good. The mystery and suspense of the ghost town, the wax figures, and the house of wax are quite scary and interesting. Just when things are rolling, the movie cuts back to cheap skin exhibitions and meaningless killings that have no consequence to the main story.
Most of the cast is adequate for a movie like this, but they are nothing special. The bad writing and direction are more to blame for the poor dialogue and character construction. It is hard to believe how much these silly horror clichés and weak characters pull down such a strong story.
This review of House of Wax (2005) was written by Russell G on 15 Oct 2014.
House of Wax has generally received mixed reviews.
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