House of Wax (2005 film)

2005 slasher film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

House of Wax

Theatrical release poster

Directed by

Jaume Collet-Serra

Screenplay by

Chad Hayes
Carey W. Hayes

Based on

\"The Wax Works\"
by Charles S. Belden

Produced by

Joel Silver
Robert Zemeckis
Susan Levin

Starring

Elisha Cuthbert
Chad Michael Murray
Brian Van Holt
Paris Hilton
Jared Padalecki
Jon Abrahams
Robert Ri\'chard

Cinematography

Stephen F. Windon

Edited by

Joel Negron

Music by

John Ottman

Production
companies

Village Roadshow Pictures
Dark Castle Entertainment

Distributed by

Warner Bros. Pictures

Release dates

April 30, 2005 (2005-04-30) (Tribeca)
May 6, 2005 (2005-05-06) (United States)
July 14, 2005 (2005-07-14) (Australia)

Running time

113 minutes

Countries

United States
Australia

Language

English

Budget

$40 million

Box office

$70.1 million

House of Wax is a 2005 slasher film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, in his feature directorial debut, and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. The film stars Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt in a dual role, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams, and Robert Ri\'chard. It is a loose remake of the 1953 film of the same name, itself a remake of the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum, based on the story \"The Wax Works\" by Charles S. Belden. The film soundtrack features music by Deftones, My Chemical Romance, and Interpol.

House of Wax premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in United States theaters on May 6, 2005, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film grossed $70.1 million worldwide and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, who criticized its lack of originality, screenplay, and characters, but praised the performances and atmosphere.

House of Wax: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack album by Various, John Ottman Released

May 3, 2005 (commercial)
May 10, 2005 (score)

Genre

Soundtracks
Film scores
Alternative metal
Gothic rock

Length

50:41 (commercial)
41:46 (score)

Label

Varese Sarabande

House of Wax: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack for House of Wax, consisting of commercially recorded songs. A second album was released containing the film score composed by John Ottman, and was simply titled House of Wax.

House of Wax: Music from the Motion Picture No. Title Performer Length 1.

\"Spitfire\"The Prodigy featuring Juliette Lewis5:08

2.

\"Helena\"My Chemical Romance3:22

3.

\"Minerva\"Deftones4:17

4.

\"Gun in Hand\"Stutterfly3:29

5.

\"Prayer\"Disturbed3:38

6.

\"Path to Prevail\"Bloodsimple3:17

7.

\"Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World\"Marilyn Manson4:15

8.

\"Dirt\"The Stooges7:00

9.

\"Not That Social\"The Von Bondies3:00

10.

\"Cut Me Up\"Har Mar Superstar3:10

11.

\"New Dawn Fades\"Joy Division4:46

12.

\"Taking Me Alive\"Dark New Day4:43

Total length:

50:41

One song from the film does not appear on the soundtrack: \"Roland\" by Interpol appears in the scene at the beginning of the film when the group decides to camp overnight. The song that plays during the end credits is \"Helena\" by My Chemical Romance.