House of Wax

House of Wax is a 2005 slasher film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra in his feature directorial debut and featuring an ensemble cast consisting of Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt in a dual role, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams and Robert Ri'chard. It is a remake of the 1953 film of the same name, itself a remake of the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum, based on the story "The Wax Works" by Charles S. Belden. House of Wax premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 30, 2005, and was theatrically released in United States on May 6 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It grossed $70.1 million worldwide and received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the film's lack of originality, screenplay and characters, but praised the pe