Alright, folks, listen up—because I need some help here. Clay and Amanda are back from their holiday break (finally!), and they’re kicking off 2025 on *The Rotten Horror Picture Show Podcast* with a deep dive into the Vincent Price classic *House of Wax*. A real gem of old-school horror, you know? The dripping wax, the sinister undertones, the undeniable charm of Vincent Price—what’s not to love? But here’s where things start to mess with my head: this movie is apparently tied to their Patreon theme for the year, which is all about reboots and remakes.
And, uh… I have a confession. I don’t really get it. Like, what *is* the difference between a reboot and a remake? Are they the same thing? Does one have to be modern and the other stick to the original story? If you’re just redoing a movie from scratch, isn’t that… both? And what about *sequels that pretend the old ones don’t exist*? Is that something else entirely? My brain is melting like wax over here.
Thankfully, Clay and Amanda are the pros we need to guide us through this tangled mess of terminology. In this episode, they’re revisiting *House of Wax* as a starting point to explore how films evolve when they’re brought back to life in new ways. And I gotta say, Vincent Price’s 1953 version is a hell of a way to kick things off—chilling, stylish, and just a little campy. It’s a *remake* of a 1933 film (*Mystery of the Wax Museum*, FYI), but what does that make the 2005 *House of Wax* with Paris Hilton? A reboot? A re-re-make? I don’t know!
So, tune in as Clay and Amanda unravel the waxy mystery of this horror classic—and maybe clear up this whole reboot-remake nonsense for the rest of us.
