Such a frustrating disappointment

Sadly Over-hyped

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

After watching #Horror, I needed to watch something good, so I was flipping around Netflix, and saw that Jared Padalecki was in this one. I had watched it when it first came out on DVD, but I didn't remember him being in it at all. I enjoy Supernatural, and remembered that I liked this movie, so I gave it another watch. There is something really creepy about wax museums, at least to me. I watched Waxwork when I was a teenager, and it was one of the horror movies that has really stuck with me. While that one had the displays come alive, House of Wax just has crazy people encasing people in wax. No, nothing disturbing about that at all.Even as a second watch, and knowing the premise of the movie, I still enjoyed it. I do remember when I saw it the first time I enjoyed the twist ¾ through the movie, and right at the end. How it ends did lend itself to a sequel, although it would have to be in a different museum. House of Wax includes all the goodies that one looks for in a slasher; lots of people getting killed in weird ways, gratuitous sex scenes, and a crazy psycho that slowly stalks his victims, but still manages to catch up to them. I also got a bit of a Psycho (the movie) vibe off of this one. I think with the quiet, creepiness of the town, and the woman who peeks out the window.

As I write this I am also watching this movie- real time, motherf*ckers! Some of the characters in this movie have SEX! Sex is what animals do for biological reason. Sex is what people do for : money, cocaine, ego support, to get back at a parent or parents, boredom, because it's socialized behavior, because of a sexual assault from the past and the trauma of that event has yet to be fully processed and dealt with, also some humans have sex to share intimacy, whatever intimacy is in the Age Of Social Media. Yes, bald apes slapping their genitals together in mindless fury, with cycles of abuse and incest to be repeated generation after generation, sounds like a great plan to me, House of Wax.

I don't know why this movie has so many negative reviews. Maybe it has something to do with Paris Hilton, maybe not; either way, this movie is very underrated. It is definitely one of the best horror movies I have ever seen. I'm always looking for some good horror movie to watch. I must admit, I almost always end up really disappointed after watching some horror movies. Anyways, I was at the store looking for a good horror movie to watch and then I saw House of wax on the shelves and decided to buy on DVD, even though I was sure, by looking at the cover and the title, (not to mention Paris Hilton) that it would be "just another horror movie" and another disappointment. Boy, I'm so glad I was wrong!The plot is great; it kept me wondering what was going to happen next. I liked the cast and pretty much all characters in the movie. The acting is really good; even Paris Hilton did a good acting, I might add. The death scenes are very gruesome... I hadn't seen anything like it in any other horror movie.If you are into horror movies and still haven't seen House of Wax, I highly recommend you do so. It is a great horror movie to watch, despite all the negative reviews.

Carly Jones (Elisha Cuthbert), her boyfriend Wade (Jared Padalecki), her troubled brother Nick (Chad Michael Murray), her best friend Paige Edwards (Paris Hilton), Paige's boyfriend Blake and Dalton Chapman are on their way to a football game. They take a detour and decide to camp out for the night. A muddy truck interrupts them and Nick throws a bottle that bust one of the headlights. The next day, Wade's fan belt is cut. Carly discovers a pit of dead animals. Wade and Carly catch a ride from the roadkill driver. They find the town of Ambrose virtually deserted. Most of the small town is attending a funeral. Bo (Brian Van Holt) needs to finish the funeral before selling the fan belt. The couple decides to go into the closed House of Wax. Their friends are driving back after getting stuck in traffic.This thing starts pretty slow. It turns into a traditional slasher horror movie. The good news is that Paris Hilton gets killed. The wax figures are good creepy background. Elisha Cuthbert is a good scream queen and there is nothing wrong with a slasher movie where pretty young people get massacred.