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House of Wax (1953)  link to House of Wax on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2948

poster House of Wax

IMDb Rating:
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7.1/10 (13919 votes)

Country: USA, 88 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Horror

Director(s): André De Toth

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Professor Henry Jarrod is a true artist whose wax sculptures are lifelike. He specializes in historical tableau's such a Marie Antoinette or Joan of Arc. His business partner, Matthew Burke, needs some of his investment returned to him and pushes Jarrod to have more lurid exposes like a chamber of horrors. When Jarrod refuses, Burke set the place alight destroying all of his beautiful work in the hope of claiming the insurance. Jarrod is believed to have died in the fire but he unexpectedly reappears some 18 months later when he opens a new exhibit. This time, his displays focus on the macabre but he has yet to reproduce his most cherished work, Marie Antoinette. When he meets his new assistant's beautiful friend, Sue Allen, he knows he's found the perfect model - only unbeknown to anyone, he has a very particular way of making his wax creations.

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Cast:

photo Vincent Price Vincent Price Prof. Henry Jarrod
photo Frank Lovejoy Frank Lovejoy Det. Lt. Tom Brennan
photo Phyllis Kirk Phyllis Kirk Sue Allen
photo Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones Cathy Gray
photo Paul Picerni Paul Picerni Scott Andrews

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3