Fantasmo Cult Cinema Explosion reprises one of its finest traditions tonight by holding Vincent Price night at the Chesapeake Central library. Doors open at 7 and movies start at 8.

The Last Man on Earth has the distinction of being the first, and arguably best movie adaptation of frequent Twilight Zone scribe Richard Matheson’s great novel I Am Legend. Vincent Price plays one of the last remaining humans not to be infected by a vampirism-like virus. The role was also essayed by Charlton Heston in Omega Man and Will Smith in the first adaptation to actually take the book’s title (while changing the ending the title refers to).

House of Wax is the one where Price stars as a diabolical, tragic villain enacting a series of macabre, novelty revenge scenarios. He’s so good in this one it’s a wonder he never played a similar role in other films. The movie was also originally filmed in 3-D, so it is also notable for the amount of shit thrown at or poked at the camera throughout the duration.

Per usual, the Fantasmo kids will bring all manner of door prizes and surprises to magically transform a fancy auditorium with a big screen and a nice stereo into a cult movie shrine. And despite everything you think you’ve been taught about libraries, there will be plenty of complimentary food and drink available. So don’t be a cheapskate, throw a few bucks into the plastic jack-o-lantern and have all the free soda, popcorn and twizzlers you can handle while spending an evening in the delicious presence of Vincent Price’s inimitable menace.