House of Wax (1953)
Country: USA
Year: 1953
Director: Andre De Toth
Stars: Vincent Price (Prof. Henry Jarrod), Frank Lovejoy (Lt. Tom Brennan), Phyllis Kirk (Sue Allen), Carolyn Jones (Cathy Gray), Paul Picerni (Scott Andrews), Roy Roberts (Matthew Burke), Charles Bronson as Charles Buchinsky (Igor)
House of Wax
A wax sculptor's museum is torched by his business partner for the insurance money, leaving the sculptor for dead. In retaliation the sculptor, with the help of mute assistant Igor (an unbelievably young Charles Bronson) opens a new museum devoted to crime and murder. Only there's a reason the figures are so lifelike - they're bodies dipped in wax...
As much as I love Vincent Price, this movie hasn't really aged too well and doesn't have that much substance to it. I imagine when it was originally shown in 3D, the gimmick would've made it more interesting but as it is, it's a bit of a non event apart from Price's silky-toned performance. For Price fans only!
Reviewer - @helen_of_horror
