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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the 3D Blu-ray release of André de Toth's House of Wax (1953), which stars Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Paul Picerni and a young Charles Bronson. The 60th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray release arrives on October 1st, and features 3D and 2D presentations minted from a 4K scan and restoration, a new featurette and the original 1933 film, Mystery of the Wax Museum.
Official Synopsis: Professor Henry Jarrod (Price) is the owner and figure sculptor in a wax museum whose specialty is historic figures. When he and his business partner, Matthew Burke (Roy Roberts) quarrel over the choice of exhibits displayed, Burke suggests it would be more profitable to burn down the museum in order to obtain the insurance money. As they fight, the museum burns and Jarrod is left for dead. It's not until much later at a new museum that the fate of Jarrod and the mystery of how the lifelike waxed figures are created becomes gruesomely evident.
In 1953, House of Wax was the first color 3D feature released by a major studio, and quickly became a box office hit. If adjusted to today's gross, it would have brought in more than $401 million, placing it among the top 100 highest grossing films of all time. It no doubt paved the way for a 3D boom over the next several years as well, during which fifty 3D features and some two dozen shorts and cartoons were released.
The film also marked Vincent Price's first major starring horror role and changed the course of his career. Thanks to advanced technology and the expert work of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging (MPI), audiences will now be able to experience the classic mystery shocker as it was originally seen in theaters. Originally designed to lure audiences away from their TV sets, the 3D involved in the film's original presentation utilized a "left-eye/right-eye" dual projection process and polarized glasses, the basis for what is seen today. MPI's work on House of Wax includes a 4K scan, and a full restoration of the two "eyes," as well as perfect 3D image alignment.
Special features include:
Expert Commentary
All New Featurette: "House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before"
"Round-the-Clock Premiere: Coast Hails House of Wax"
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933 Warner Bros. Feature Film)
Theatrical Trailer
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11327
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Fine film, with one of the best beginnings of all time.
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Mono or stereo?
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Jun 6, 2013 - 3:22 AM
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philiperic
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.....No interest in the 3D version (even though I'm aware it was originally shot that way).....
I'm very surprised by this, Michael24.
The 3-D on HOUSE OF WAX is truly spectacular, and some of the best ever done.
But, at least you'll have both versions and one day, perhaps, you'll get curious about the 3-D version and give it a try.
The World 3D Film Festival is coming September 5 -12 to the Egyptian Theater in LA where HOUSE OF WAX, IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, & ROBOT MONSTER will all be shown , among many others.The Big Screen is the best palce to see these rarities.
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Jun 6, 2013 - 11:29 AM
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Michael24
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I'm very surprised by this, Michael24.
The 3-D on HOUSE OF WAX is truly spectacular, and some of the best ever done.
But, at least you'll have both versions and one day, perhaps, you'll get curious about the 3-D version and give it a try.
I just have no interest in watching films in 3D, and I certainly have no plans to spend the amount of money required in order to buy a 3D TV. To me, 3D is nothing but a cheap gimmick, and it doesn't do anything to enhance my experience of a film. If anything, it distracts me from it.
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I agree with MANDERLAY, House of wax was probably the best 3d I ever saw in a film. It was great during the fire sequence at the beginning of the film. The wax figures looked great in 3d. The guy with the paddle ball got everyone in the audience to jump. Every generation loved it. EARLY 70'S when it was nationwide rereleased in America. Revival house showings in the 80's and 90's. it just does not date, and also guys don't forget the 3d tush going into our faces with the dancers[ha-ha]
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This 3D Blu-ray is superb. At least via a passive 3D display. Zero ghosting, and beautiful color. It remains, for me, the best 3D movie ever made, and the only way to truly enjoy what the director intended.
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