House of Wax is a 2005 American horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. It is a very loose remake of the 1953 horror film of the same name, which is in turn a remake of the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum. It was released in theaters on May 6, 2005. On October 25, 2005, the film came out on DVD and on Blu-ray on September 26, 2006. Despite movie reviewers giving the film a negative critical reception, it was a financial success. In 1974, a woman is making a wax head in the kitchen while her son eats cereal in his highchair. Her husband enters carrying a young boy who is shouting and... kicking. The boy is forced into a highchair and strapped in place by his father. After being strapped and taped to his chair by his mother, he scratches her hand. She then slaps her child across the face. In 2005, Carly and her boyfriend Wade with her friend Paige and Paige's boyfriend Blake are on their way to a highly anticipated football game in Louisiana. Eventually, Carly's delinquent twin brother, Nick and his friend Dalton also join them.
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| Release date: | April 26, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Jaume Collet-Serra |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver, Susan Downey |
| Editor: | Joel Negron |
| Music by: | John Ottman |
| Cinematography: | Stephen F. Windon |
| Screenplay by: | Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes |
| Estimated budget: | $40,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |