Is House of Wax actually good?

House of Wax sits in the 33.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 33.1% of them.

How does House of Wax compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, House of Wax lands in the 36.8% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is House of Wax's score based on?

486 calibrated reviewers stand behind House of Wax's score.

2005

global pct

33.1

Film · 2005 · Films · 2000s

House of Wax

Name: House of Wax
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2005
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray

Scored from 486 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

33.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

36.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

13.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

486 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A group of teenagers on a road trip becomes stranded in a mysterious small town that features a wax museum. As they explore the town and its exhibits, they uncover a dark and sinister secret about the residents.

House of Wax is a 2005 horror and thriller film starring Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton and Chad Michael Murray. Jaume Collet-Serra directed it. Its certificate is R. Its country of origin is listed as the United States.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 486 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 509 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 14,048 of whom clear the calibration test.

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Is House of Wax (2005) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 486
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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