If you haven’t had enough blood, guts and gore from Halloween, I suggest you pick up a copy of “House of Wax” on DVD directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Charles Belden and Chad Hayes.

Six people, including Paige played by Paris Hilton, are on their way to a football game in Baton Rouge, La. On the way, the group decides to camp for the night in a remote grassy area off the bumpy short cut they have taken.After drinking, spoofing the infamous Hilton sex tapes and an awkward encounter with a truck, the group awakes to find the fan belt on one of their vehicles broken. Carly (Elisha Cuthbert) and her boyfriend Wade (Jared Padalecki) are driven into a small, somewhat normal appearing town in search of help while their friends head off to the game. A little snooping around later, the murder begins.

What is good about this movie is the head turning, gruesome death scenes. There are definitely parts of this movie that are creatively done and will make you jump.

However, the bad part of this movie is that it takes too long to get to these scenes. The first hour of the movie is the group taking about the trip, driving and camping.

By the time all the gore comes, the boredom and sleepy eyes have set in. Most of this should have been cut back to make room for more gore. Overall “House of Wax” isn’t horrible, but it only deserves two out of fours stars. It’s fun for a rainy day/night and some cheap thrills, but it’s not something I would add to my DVD collection.

?”Liz Gransee