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House of Wax
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.
1953 · Directed by André de Toth · 88 min · Horror · Crime · 9 frames
Tagline
You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.
Crew
- Screenplay: Crane Wilbur
- Cinematography: Bert Glennon, J. Peverell Marley
- Edited by: James Kitchen, Rudi Fehr
- Music: David Buttolph
- Produced by: Bryan Foy
Cast
- Vincent Price as Henry Jarrod
- Frank Lovejoy as Tom Brennan
- Phyllis Kirk as Sue Allen
- Carolyn Jones as Cathy Gray
- Paul Picerni as Scott Andrews
- Roy Roberts as Matthew Burke
- Angela Clarke as Mrs. Andrews
- Paul Cavanagh as Sidney Wallace
- Dabbs Greer as Shane
- Charles Bronson as Igor
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box office: $23,750,319
- Themes: mask, new york city, wheelchair, halloween, morgue, guillotine, remake, laboratory, wax museum, disfigured face
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