Vincent and Bo are evil twins who, for reasons hard to discern, have either taken over or created a town named Ambrose, where all the residents are wax dummies. The main attraction here is the House Of Wax, where you guessed it the walls, floors and ceilings are made of wax. The town baits teenagers stupid enough not to turn and run when they realize that Bos home is filled with creepy wax masks and foetus-in-formaldehyde jars, and by the time the penny drops, its too late. Theyve already been captured and are being shaved in preparation for being turned into a wax figure by Vincent, who by the way looks a helluva lot like Tommy Wiseau. The duo are so nonthreatening that they seem to have taken their scheme from a Saturday morning cartoon. They have a windowless lair with secret tunnels, are fooled by the heroines cunning ruse of disguising herself as one of his mannequins and later chase her through a cinema while the movie plays (without entering through one door and exiting from another, sadly).
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
