House of Wax

House of Wax (2005)

Timing: 1:53 (113 min)

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Release date

2005-05-05

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment

Genre

Mystery, Horror, Thriller

Budget

$40 000 000

Revenue

$68 766 121

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Director

Jaume Collet-Serra

Actors

Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jon Abrahams, Jared Padalecki, Robert Ri'chard, Damon Herriman, Dragicia Debert, Murray Smith
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Scenario

Producer

Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Bruce Berman, Steve Richards, Herb Gains

Operator

Stephen F. Windon

Composer

John Ottman

Artist

Kerry Turnbull

Audition

Mary Gail Artz, Barbara Cohen

Editing

Joel Negron
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• Producer Joel Silver considered the idea of shooting the film in 3D, but decided that such an option would not be in demand at the time of release.
• The main villain of the film is named Vincent – in honor of actor Vincent Price, who played the main role in the original film "House of Wax" (1953).
• Paris Hilton didn't audition; she was the director's only choice for the role of Paige.
• Despite Chad Michael Murray and his sister being credited with the surname 'Jones,' they weren't actually given a last name.
• Elisha Cuthbert attached wooden risers to the soles of her shoes to appear slightly taller in scenes filmed with Jared Padalecki. This trick was only used in shots where the actors were filmed from above the knees.
• It took 10 weeks to build the sets for the abandoned town where the film takes place. The prototype was the real city of Asmara in Eritrea.
• During the filming of the final scenes, Elisha Cuthbert (playing Carly Jones) constantly got stuck in the wax. Peanut butter was used instead of wax during filming.
• When filming the scene where her character's lips are glued together, Elisha Cuthbert insisted on using real glue instead of filming with prosthetic lips.
• Extras played a significant part of the wax figures in the church where Elisha Cuthbert's character hid, and in the movie theater where the characters played by Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray were hiding.