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Sahara Paris Hilton can't hold a candle to Vincent Price
by Lisa Rose

It's a long way from Vincent Price to Paris Hilton.

One of the horror icon's signature pictures, "House of Wax," has been renovated into a teen death-fest featuring the heiress. Like Hilton, the remake is loud, trashy and starved of smarts, yet strangely engrossing. The omnipresent party girl doesn't display the vaguest flicker of talent, but her character's gruesome demise is a highlight (the studio has even issued promotional shirts that read, "See Paris Die.") Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton and other teens stumble onto a sinister wax museum in this horror remake.

FILM FACTS ...

Warner Bros. Pictures

'House of Wax'

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams
Run time: 86 minutes
Release date: May 6, 2005
Rating: R for horror violence, some sexual content and language.
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READ THE REVIEW

Newark Star-Ledger: 2 of 5 stars
"...loud, trashy and starved of smarts, yet strangely engrossing."

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