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House of Wax
Crime, Horror
A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy atmospheric vintage horror, theatrical villainy, and macabre spectacle more than graphic modern brutality.
- Tone
- eerie, dread, campy
- Payoff
- scares, unease
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- artistic obsession, greed, identity, exploitation, murder
- Setting
- early twentieth century, urban wax museum and shadowy laboratory
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