Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

It's not a podcast about bad movies. It's a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@drakegatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood. Every episode reviews a movie that lost money at the box office and tries to figure out what went wrong.

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Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

Episode 79 - House of Wax

October 26, 2022 • Jon Drake and Ian Dukes • Season 1 • Episode 79

The Blast Boys are joined by Nash Flynn (@itsnashflynn) to wrap up Blastober with 2005’s HOUSE OF WAX

HOUSE OF WAX
DIRECTED BY: Jaume Collet-Serra
RELEASED: May 6th, 2005
BUDGET: $40M
BOX OFFICE: $70.1M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $15M
STARRING: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki

NEXT EPISODE: We complete the Taylor Kitsch trilogy with 2012’s SAVAGES

Show Notes:

Explanation of how wax burns from Howstuffworks
https://home.howstuffworks.com/question267.htm
Key excerpt - "Paraffin wax will burn on its own, but it is like cooking oil, motor oil and coal in that you have to get it very hot for combustion to begin. An oil fire is intense and very hard to put out. Paraffin is the same way. In a candle, this works great -- only the tiny amount of wax on the wick is hot enough to vaporize and burn."