Synopsis:
"A diabolical double-bill of Warner
Bros. horror greats!
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 Andre
de Toth, had its roots in a Warner
Bros. chiller from 20 years before: Mystery of the Wax Museum,
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." -
from DVD
Pacific
My oppinion:
After seeing it's high rating (for a horror
movie) on IMDB, I was really looking forward to this one.
I must say I was a bit disappointed in the end. Seeing Vincent
Price is always a highpoint, and it was this time
as well. My main problem with it was that the plot was very
predictable from the beginning to the end. I was never in
any doubt about what the ending was going to be, and that
always annoys me. I've read that this is one of the best older
3D movies, and that might be right, but I saw a regular version,
and I feel perhaps the rating on IMDB would be worse if everyone
had seen the version I did..?
Anyhow, in my opinion , Vincent
Price makes it interesting enough to sit through,
and it wasn't all bad. It had it's moments. For me, any movie
with Price is worth checking out, but if you want to see some
of his work, I'd check out some of his other movies first.
My rating:  
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