House of Wax

House of Wax, 1953, Color

Starring: Vincent Price

It was fitting that TCM (Turner Classic Movies), chose the month of October to honor Vincent Price, the King of the Macabre. The actor who brought wonderful Edgar Allan Poe poems to life. 

This Warner Bros. movie is a remake from the original 1933, The Mystery of the Wax Museum starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray. Vincent Price looks great in this movie!

Of note, this is also the first 3D movie released in the movie theaters. My uncle had told me that he had gone to see it when it first came out. I could only imagine how scary it must have been back then! Bonus, you can buy it in Blu-Ray and 3D!

This movie starts out with Vincent Price as a talented wax sculptor in a wax museum. His partner burns the place down for the insurance money and later, Vincent Price returns with a new ghoulish twist on his wax figures.

Pay attention to Price's assistant, Igor, in this movie, it's a very young Charles Bronson, under his real name of Charles Buchinsky!

Also, Phyllis Kirk plays Sue Allen and you might know her from the Thin Man series as she portrayed Nora Charles. I recognized her as Ursula di Varamendi in The Iron Mistress with Alan Ladd as Jim Bowie. Jim Bowie had married Ursula. 

For those Little House on the Prairie fans, remember Reverend Robert Alden?  Yes, a young Robert William "Dabbs" Greer is in House of Wax too as one of the cops.

Who you may not recognize playing Cathy Gray is none other than Carolyn Jones, or who you may know better as the lovely creepy Morticia Addams from the Addams Family! Did you know she was also in the tv series, Batman and also the tv series Wonder Woman, Fantasy Island and numerous other series and movies. 
Check out her bio: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427700/?ref_=tt_cl_t4

I remember watching this movie when I was a kid and it has always been a favorite of mine.

Be sure and watch it if you haven't seen it!