| “ | Grow up. You are so afraid to take things seriously. | „ |
| ― Carly |
Carly Jones is a character in the film House of Wax. Carly is the main heroine protagonist of the film. She is portrayed by Elisha Cuthbert.
Biography[]
Carly is the main character of the movie, and the only survivor aside from her brother, Nick.
Carly, her brother Nick, her boyfriend Wade, and her friends Paige, Blake, and Dalton are on their way to a football game in Louisiana. After setting up camp, the group awakens to discover that the fan belt on Wade's truck has been cut. After tumbling down a hill into a roadkill pit, they meet a strange, rural man named Lester, who offers to drive Carly and Wade to the nearby town to get a new fan belt.
The two arrive at Ambrose, but are unable to find an attendant at the gas station. They wander further into town and accidentally interrupt a funeral. There, they meet a mechanic named Bo, who offers to sell them a fan belt after the funeral. While waiting for the services to end, Carly and Wade visit the wax museum, which itself is made of wax and is the central feature of the town. The gas station does not have the right size fan belt, so they follow Bo to his house. Wade is knocked out by Bo's brother, Vincent. Outside, Carly realizes Bo is the one who visited them the night before, after noticing the broken headlight. She runs to the church for help, but finds that it is populated only by wax sculptures. Bo captures her and brings to the cellar of the gas station, where she is restrained.
Nick, Dalton, Paige, and Blake realize they will not arrive at the game in time and turn around. Nick and Dalton arrive in Ambrose to find Carly and Wade. Nick visits the gas station, where he questions Bo about Carly's whereabouts. When she tries to gain Nick's attention, Bo cuts off the tip of Carly's finger, but she tears her glued lips apart and screams for help. Nick fends off Bo and frees Carly. Together, they quickly realize that all of the town's inhabitants are real people covered in wax; Bo and Vincent have been luring people in and covering them in wax to make the figures look more realistic.
Nick and Carly return to the house to find Wade and Dalton. When Bo and Vincent return, they chase Carly and Nick to the House of Wax. After a chase scene, Carly beats Bo to death with a baseball bat. Nick unintentionally sets the House of Wax on fire, and the wax figures start to melt, as does the whole house. An enraged Vincent chases Carly to the top floor, but Carly and Nick stab Vincent. His body falls through the floor, and he lands on top of his brother's corpse. Carly and Nick escape the House of Wax as it melts to the ground.
The next day, the police arrive and report that Ambrose has been abandoned for ten years when the local sugar mill failed. As Nick and Carly are taken to a hospital, the Sheriff learns that Dr. and Mrs. Sinclair had a third son. From inside the ambulance, Carly sees Lester, who smiles and waves goodbye.
Background[]
At the beginning of the film, Carly says that she plans to move to New York City to attend college, there, and expects Wade to move with her.