House of Wax

UPC:

085391-105428 (DVD)

Region Coding:

1, 2, 3, 4

Production Year:

1953

Rating:

Running Time:

88 min.

DVD Release:

8/5/2003

Case Type:

Snapper

Video Formats:

Full Frame 1.33:1

Disc Formats:

Dual Sided, Single Layered

SRP:

$19.98

In the wicked performance that crowned him the movie's master of the macabre, Vincent Price plays a renowned wax sculptor plunged into madness when an arsonist destroys his life's work. Unable to use his flame-scarred hands, he devises a new – and murderous – way of restocking his House of Wax.

The sweet dread and sheer fun of this creepy classic, co-starring Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones and Charles Bronson and directed by André De Toth, had its roots in a Warner Bros. chiller from 20 years before: Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), starring Lionel Atwill as the wax-wielding madman and Fay Wray as a potential victim. Directed by Michael Curtiz and shot in a chillingly effective early two-color Technicolor process, it and its spooky remake offer you a delicious double-dip in a paraffin bath of terror.

Genres

Horror

Studios

Warner Bros. Pictures
Media Companies: Warner Home Video

Features

Subtitles

Audio Tracks

Cast

Vincent Price as Prof. Henry Jarrod
Frank Lovejoy as Lt. Tom Brennan
Phyllis Kirk as Sue Allen
Carolyn Jones as Cathy Gray
Paul Picerni as Scott Andrews
Roy Roberts as Matthew Burke
Angela Clarke as Mrs. Andrews
Paul Cavanagh as Sidney Wallace
Dabbs Greer as Sgt. Jim Shane
Charles Buchinsky as Igor
Reggie Rymal as The Barker
Oliver Blake as Pompous Patron with Watch (uncredited)
Joanne Brown as Girlfriend (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Darwin Greenfield as Lodger (uncredited)
Mary Lou Holloway as Millie (uncredited)
Jack Kenny as Lodger (uncredited)
Lyle Latell as Waiter (uncredited)
Richard Lightner as Detective (uncredited)
Jack Mower as Detective (uncredited)
Eddie Parks as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes as Surgeon (uncredited)
Riza Royce as Mrs. Flanagan (uncredited)
Philip Tonge as Bruce Allison (uncredited)
Merry Townsend as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Ruth Warren as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Grace Lee Whitney as Can Can Dancer (uncredited)
Shirley Whitney as Girlfriend (uncredited)
Jack Wise as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Jack Woody as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Nedrick Young as Leon Averill (uncredited)

Crew

Direction:
André De Toth: Director
Writing:
Crane Wilbur: Screenwriter
Charles Belden: Story By
Production:
Bryan Foy: Producer
Cinematography:
Bert Glennon: Director of Photography
Peverell Marley: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Rudi Fehr: Film Editor
Music:
David Buttolph: Composer
Sound:
Charles Lang: Sound
Art:
Stanley Fleischer: Art Director
Gordon Bau: Make-up Artist