House of Wax (1953 film)

The House of Wax ( Original title: House of Wax ) is rotated in the 3D process horror film from 1953 The film is a remake of "The Mystery of the Wax Museum " from the year 1933..

Action

Professor Henry Jarrod is a gifted creator of wax figures in New York from 1910. When his business partner Matthew Burke demands more sensations to increase revenues, Jarrod rejects this for artistic reasons. In order to get the insurance amount of $ 25,000, Burke puts the museum on fire.

Jarrod has the fire but survived with serious injuries and sets out to build a new wax museum. He gets help from the deaf-mute Igor. In the " Chamber of Secrets " at the Museum forms by Jarrod both famous criminal cases as well as famous figures of history. When Sue Allen visited the museum, she discovers a startling resemblance to the figure of the Virgin of Orleans with their missing friend Cathy Gray.

In fact, Professor Jarrod is because of the loss of his creations, which were always more than just mere wax figures for him mad and now uses the corpses of those murdered by his people as a scaffold of his new figures. As well as Sue Allen will be transformed into a wax figure, it can be saved at the last minute and the unfortunate Jarrod comes to an end by saying, during the confrontation with the police intervening, crashes into a large vat of bubbling hot wax.

Background

  • " The House of Wax " at Warner Bros. was the first large-scale production in 3D a so-called " major company ".
  • Director André de Toth had only one eye, so could not see space itself. Nevertheless, he managed to create with this film is not only a horror movie classics, but at the same time also one of the few 3D movie classics.
  • The Hollywood premiere was an important social event, which also called for a number of stars on the scene that actually had nothing to do with the movie itself. An old newsreel recording shows for example the actor Bela Lugosi ( decked out in complete Draculakostüm ) and the Western Star and later U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
  • The film was one of the first equipped with stereo sound (which has not hitherto ignored in television broadcasts ) and later copied from the original 35mm film format on 70 mm film. As the first 3D movie with stereo sound, the film is in the Guinness Book of Records.
  • Originally, this film was listed in the polarization process, but later copied for cost reasons in the simpler anaglyph red - green method.
  • In the United States the film on 10 April 1953 had premiere. For the German -language version of the name of the main character Henry Jarrod was changed to Henry Bondi. The German premiere was on May 22, 1953.
  • 2005 was a loose remake called " House of Wax " with Paris Hilton and Elisha Cuthbert, which ( as a scaffold for wax figures corpses ) is based only on the original thematic material.

Reviews

" [ ... ] An eerily beautiful horror classic and a classic 3-D film. ( Rating: 3 stars = very good) "

" Disgusting, applied on mere thrill fairground attraction. "

" A surprisingly well-executed scary story that their predecessors by far surpasses in atmosphere and tension. The otherwise for scary movies rather unfavorable use of color is handled cleverly and thoughtfully here under de Toth's safer Director. In addition to a number of design effects ( worth mentioning the melting of the wax figures during the fire, and a chase through the deserted streets of New York ), the film shocked the audience by then- some a little too crass guessed scenes of violence. "

" In Victorian England, playing horror film of the smarter and more sophisticated way of experimenting with stereo sound and 3D technology. "

DVD Release

  • The House of Wax - House of Wax, Warner Home Video 2005 ( in addition also contains The Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933 )

3D Blu -ray - Publication

The House of Wax - House of Wax in October 2013 in Warner Home Video. The English sound version of The House of Wax is the original stereo sound.

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