House of Wax
cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray
The good: huh?
The bad: oh the stupidity
Six people decides to camp out in the woods but when a car problem forces them to venture into a seemingly prosperous small town, well, everything goes wrong.
The town isn't what it looks like and before Carly (E. Cuthbert) discovers that the town is a ghost town with people turned into wax figures, its too late and in typical Hollywood horror fashion, her friends die one by one.
Since this is a American horror film, stupidity and the usual "da-da-da-YAAH!" scenes abound. There's nothing here that you haven't seen before so if you're still interested, then be not. The film just feels like a lame excuse to show Paris Hilton in her undies and though she's rarely glimpsed at in the film (thank heavens), the movie feels made for her - which is bad.
If there's any redeeming factor (but only a tad bit), its that Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray are both fine actors and the last 10 minutes where they desperately struggle to survive a beautifully visualized melting house of wax are quite enjoyable even though Chad Michael Murray's sudden transformation into action-hero character seems out of place. But that doesn't change the fact that this movie is a pathetic excuse for a film (1/5)
The good: huh?
The bad: oh the stupidity
Six people decides to camp out in the woods but when a car problem forces them to venture into a seemingly prosperous small town, well, everything goes wrong.
The town isn't what it looks like and before Carly (E. Cuthbert) discovers that the town is a ghost town with people turned into wax figures, its too late and in typical Hollywood horror fashion, her friends die one by one.
Since this is a American horror film, stupidity and the usual "da-da-da-YAAH!" scenes abound. There's nothing here that you haven't seen before so if you're still interested, then be not. The film just feels like a lame excuse to show Paris Hilton in her undies and though she's rarely glimpsed at in the film (thank heavens), the movie feels made for her - which is bad.
If there's any redeeming factor (but only a tad bit), its that Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray are both fine actors and the last 10 minutes where they desperately struggle to survive a beautifully visualized melting house of wax are quite enjoyable even though Chad Michael Murray's sudden transformation into action-hero character seems out of place. But that doesn't change the fact that this movie is a pathetic excuse for a film (1/5)
posted by NaCl at Monday, May 30, 2005
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