House of Wax
2016 Joe was a pussy.
Watching this right after watching Mystery of the Wax Museum and the original House of Wax, I was struck by just how little this "remake" took from the previous iterations. In fact, barring the title, the general idea of "human bodies encased in wax", and a setpiece burning a house filled with wax figures down, this is basically an entirely new movie that could have stood as its own thing, but of course they wanted to capitalize on the name.
Instead of a classical horror tale, this is a hick family horror movie in the tradition of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. 1004
Throw a group of young adults into the middle of nowhere and kill them off one by one. You know the drill.
This one at least has a unique premise and <PERSON> brings a theatricality to this that makes it stand out. The set designs and locations make this feel bigger than it actually is, even if it's all set in basically one small area. 965