Review #6 of My Horrible Collection: Shocktober list.
This was better than I expected. That being said I expected the worst.
House of Wax is a lose remake of House of Wax from the 50s, which I haven't seen yet but I'm guessing that classic chiller starring Vincent Price is not a teenage-slasher film.
I'd say the biggest actor in this is Jared Padalecki, who just came off Gilmore Girls and just started Supernatural when this movie was released. On the other hand we have Paris Hilton, winner of a golden Raspberry for Worst Actress.
It's the classic scenario, a group of teenagers, only thinking about partying, on their way to a big sporting event of some sort (already forgot what it was 1 hour after watching the movie). They accidentally reach this town with almost no people in it. And that town has a house of wax that is literally made of wax. Killer alert.
I was honestly positively surprised. I expected a sub-par horror movie, and I got a decent teenage slasher. Of course, there are a lot of logical flaws, bad acting, not great or compelling characters. But the gore is actually pretty well done. Also while it's not used to it's full advent, the idea is really good, putting people into wax to kill them and have them as figures. Sadly I didn't care about the characters at all.
I'm rating this movie 2.5 out of 5 movies, it is watchable and maybe even a fun time, but nothing to think about at all.
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