House Of Wax
1953 | 1Hr 28 Min | PG | Horror | Warner Brothers
Director: André De Toth (as Andre de Toth)
Writers: Crane Wilbur (screenplay), Charles Belden (story)
Stars: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk
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.
Well, here you go a Vincent Price classic and a Svengoolie premiere. Of course not in 3D but never the less should be a blast. Personally, I love this movie and just might be the first Price flick I had ever seen. Watch ‘House of Wax’ at 8PM | 7C, Saturday, March 30, on MeTV.
Love it, too. So cool to see it on Svengoolie. :)
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