House of Wax 1953

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Dimly we foresee movie audiences embalmed in three-dimensional wax and sound. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The effects are done with playfulness, zest, and some imagination (they range from a barker batting paddleballs in your face to a murderer leaping from the row in front of you), making this the most entertaining of the gimmick 3-Ds. Read more

TIME Magazine: An intermittently gripping shocker. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: De Toth brings off one classic sequence with Kirk fleeing through the gaslit streets pursued by a shadowy figure in a billowing cloak. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Casting is competent, Vincent Price is capital as the No. 1 menace. Read more