House of Wax (1953 film)

House of Wax is a 1953 American 3D horror film about a disfigured sculptor who repopulates his destroyed wax museum by murdering people and using their waxcoated corpses as displays. It stars Vincent Price and was directed by Andr de Toth. It is a remake of Warner Bros. Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933, without the comic relief featured in the earlier film. In 2005, Warner Bros. distributed a new film also called House of Wax, but its plot is very different from the one used in the two earlier films.

Professor Henry Jarrod Vincent Price is a talented wax figure sculptor with a wax museum in 1890s New York City. He specializes in historical figures, featuring sculptures of John Wilkes Booth, Joan of Arc, and one of Marie Antoinette, which he considers his masterpiece. When his business partner Matthew Burke Roy Roberts demands more sensational exhibits to increase profits, Jarrod refuses. Jarrod then gives a private tour to renowned art critic Sidney Wallace. Wallace, deeply impressed with Jarrods sculptures, agrees to buy Burke out but will not be able to do so until after he returns from a continental trip.That same night, Burke deliberately sets the museum on fire, intending to claim the insurance money. In the process, he fights off Jarrod, who is desperately attempting to save his precious sculptures. Burke splashes kerosene over Jarrods body and leaves him to die in the fire. ........

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