Genre: Horror
Released: 1953
© 1953 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.
About the Movie
This simplified (but lavish) remake of the 1933 melodrama The Mystery of the Wax Museum was the most financially successful 3-D production of the 1950s. In his first full-fledged "horror" role, Vincent Price plays Prof. Henry Jarrod, the owner of a wax museum, whose partner, Matthew Burke (Roy Roberts), intends to burn the place down for the insurance money. When Jarrod tries to prevent Burke from torching the museum, he himself is trapped in the conflagration. Years pass: though now confined to a wheelchair, Jarrod manages to open up a new museum in New York, boasting the most incredibly lifelike wax statues ever seen. At the same time, a masked prowler has been stalking the city, murdering people and then stealing their bodies from the mortuary. One of the victims is Jarrod's old nemesis Burke; another is Cathy Gray (Carolyn Jones), the roommate of art student Sue Allen (Phyllis Kirk). On a visit to the wax museum, Sue can't help but notice that the wax likeness of Joan of Arc is a dead ringer for her deceased friend Cathy — while the courtly Jarrod declares joyously that Sue is the living image of Marie Antoinette. Guess where this is going to wind up? Frank Lovejoy and Paul Picerni co-star as the nominal heroes, while Charles Bronson — still billed as Charles Buchinsky — is a menacing presence as Jarrod's deaf-mute chief sculptor (appropriately named "Igor"). No opportunity to show off the 3-D process is wasted during House of Wax; the most memorable stereoscopic moments are provided by garrulous "paddle-ball man" Reggie Rymal. Ironically, Andre De Toth, the film's director, had only one good eye, and had to constantly ask his cast and crew if the various 3-D effects had come off properly.
剧情简介
　　杰罗德·亨利教授（文森特·普莱斯 Vincent Price饰）是一名醉心艺术的雕刻艺术家，他的每件蜡像雕塑都栩栩如生。他一直潜心钻研历史上的著名人物形象，尤其钟爱法王路易十六的王后玛丽·安托瓦内特。然而他的生意合作伙伴马修·伯克（罗伊·罗伯茨 Roy Roberts饰）却因为杰罗德经营蜡像院收益不佳而大为不满。为了更快的收取钱财，丧心病狂的马修烧毁了整座蜡像馆，包括所有杰罗德视如珍宝的蜡像雕塑。火灾之后，杰罗德葬身火海，神秘地失踪了，而马修则如愿得到了大笔保险金。
　　18个月后，杰罗德竟然奇迹般地“复活”了。不仅如此，杰罗德还举办了一次全新的艺术展览，一场以死亡暴力为题，令人毛骨悚然的血腥之展。苏·艾伦（菲莉丝·柯克 Phyllis Kirk饰）本是一名普通的美丽女孩，刚刚成为杰罗德的新任助理。可随着她的好友离奇被杀之后，苏的生活开始变得危险而不安。苏怎会知道，她正是杰罗德要创作的下一个完美蜡像玛丽·安托瓦内特。
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