The 1953 original House of Wax features an associate of the wax museum who burns down the museum with the owner inside. The owner survives the fire, becoming a psychopathic killer. The 2005 remake of House of Wax paints the killer as mentally challenged child abused by a twisted surgeon father and a sick wax-sculpting mother. 1953 In 1953, Jack decided to copy United Artists successful 3D film Bwana Devil, releasing his own 3D films beginning with House of Wax. Early in 1953, Warner's theater holdings were spun off as Stanley Warner Theaters; Stanley Warner's non-theater holdings were sold to Simon Fabian Enterprises, and its theaters merged with RKO Theatres to 24 of 168. House of Wax (1953)24 of 168. Phyllis Kirk in House of Wax (1953) People Phyllis Kirk. Titles House of Wax. I think the 1953 film is so creative and original and a good story. The 2005 one though actually leaves me feeling a little scared (I've got a big thing about any type of burning and hot wax iswell hot). I feel like everyone loves the older one and hates the newer one and that I am in the minority for enjoying both for what they are. 16 April 1953 (Los Angeles, California) USA 25 April 1953: Canada 1 May 1953 (Toronto) UK 7 May 1953 (London) Brazil 8 May 1953: West Germany 22 May 1953: Denmark 1 June 1953 (3-D version) Japan 9 June 1953: Sweden 10 June 1953: France 17 June 1953: Mexico 17 June 1953 (limited) South Africa 24 June 1953 (Johannesburg) (3-D version) Austria House of Wax: Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton. A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit. sfI2WI.

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