House of Wax (2005)

I'm not a huge fan of the hack 'n' slash genre of horror.  I prefer a finer more nuanced movie; then again, a good scare is aways fun.

There is absolutely NO resemblance to the eerie 1953 classic except the name. The newest iteration dumps the old plot and characters in favor of a gory romp starring hot (DUH!), ill-fated teen who take a shortcut to a football game and due to some incredibly stupid decisions end up in the company of some overly life-like wax sculptures.

House of Wax is a movie about twins. Good ones. Bad ones. Normal, well-adjusted ones. Abnormal, mal-adjusted ones. Carly (Elisha Cuthbert) and Nick (Chad Michael Murray) are the good ones trying to outwit and survive the freakshow that is Bo and Vincent (Brian Van Holt). Meanwhile all the friends played by Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams, and Robert Richard meet their maker at the hand of a twin.

Speaking of gruesome, each of these murders are disgusting and quite frankly, disturbing. It's all compounded by the casual nature in which these acts are committed. As with most slasher movies, this film lies on the shallow side of things. Don't go for plot depth or character development. Keep it all in perspective and go. Go for the superglued lips. Go for the finger nipped by wire cutters. Go for the dead animal carcasses. Go for the hot wax sprayed on a still alive person. Go for a pole through the head. Go for the decapitation. Go for the scissors, er... go for the sheer diabolical killing scenes.