Well, the real story was like a blueprint for the movie. The movie 'House of Wax' took the very essence of the real - life account of a wax - mad person. The real story's element of a person creating wax figures out of immoral means was used to build the movie's plot. The movie makers also took the idea of the spooky 'house' from the real story. They then added their own twists, like the characters and the specific events in the movie, but the foundation was definitely the real - life horror story.
The real story behind 'House of Wax' involves a deranged individual with a fixation on wax and death. He saw the human body as a form to be preserved in wax not for any noble reasons but for his own twisted aesthetic. He set up a place that could be considered a 'house of wax' where he carried out his grisly deeds. His actions were discovered when some people went missing and investigations led to his macabre workshop. This real - life horror story has been the basis for the fictional and equally terrifying movie.
House of Wax is purely a work of fiction. The plot and characters were created for the purpose of entertainment and not based on any real events or people.
Yes, 'House of Wax' is loosely based on a true story. There was a real - life case of a man named Paul Leroy - Guinard who was a wax sculptor and had a museum. However, the movie takes a lot of creative liberties and exaggerates many aspects for the sake of horror and entertainment.
There are some historical accounts of strange and unethical practices in the realm of anatomy and preservation. Some people in the past might have experimented with preserving human bodies in a way similar to how the wax figures are made in the movie. These real - life curiosities about the human body and what could be done with it after death, perhaps out of scientific or just plain morbid interest, form the basis of the true - story elements in 'The House of Wax'. The movie then exaggerates and fictionalizes these elements to create a horror - filled plot.