House of Wax (2005)

Director
Jaume Collet-Serra

Main cast
Elisha Cuthbert; Paris Hilton; Brian Van Holt; Jared Padalecki; Chad Michael Murray

Genres
Horror

Description
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.


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