“You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.”
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.
André de Toth
Bryan Foy
Crane Wilbur
Bert Glennon
David Buttolph
Vincent Price
Henry Jarrod
Frank Lovejoy
Tom Brennan
Phyllis Kirk
Sue Allen
Carolyn Jones
Cathy Gray
Paul Picerni
Scott Andrews
Roy Roberts
Matthew Burke
Angela Clarke
Mrs. Andrews
Paul Cavanagh
Sidney Wallace
Dabbs Greer
Shane
Charles Bronson
Igor
Reggie Rymal
Barker
Oliver Blake
Man Checking His Watch (uncredited)
... and 31 more
John Chard
In any format it's a genre highlight. Henry Jarrod is a very talented sculptor of wax figures for a museum. But as the museum starts to flounder, Jarrod's partner, Matthew Burke, insists on taking a new direction, a row ensues and Jarrod is knocked unconscious. Burke seizes the opportunity to to...
HOUSE OF WAX Trailer [1953]
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