{"id":473260,"date":"2026-10-22T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473260\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:12:25","slug":"san-antonios-las-palmas-library-showing-1952-horror-classic-house-of-wax-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473260\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio&#8217;s Las Palmas Library showing 1952 horror classic House of Wax for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"586\" data-attachment-id=\"427056\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/arts\/things-to-do\/san-antonios-las-palmas-library-showing-1952-horror-classic-house-of-wax-for-free\/attachment\/screenshot-272\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vincent01.jpg?fit=1000%2C751&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,751\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Vincent Price is at his haunting best in 1952\u2019s House of Wax. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vincent01.jpg?fit=780%2C586&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vincent01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427056\"  \/>Vincent Price is at his haunting best in 1952\u2019s House of Wax.  Credit: Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday\u2019s final installment in a series of scary movie screenings at Las Palmas Library will showcase the first 3D theatrical release by a major motion picture studio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House of Wax (1953) stars Vincent Price as a sculptor driven mad by his business partner, who burned down their museum for the insurance money. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Henry Jarrod (Price) decides to replace his beloved wax sculptures with real people he encounters who resemble his lost lovelies, among them Joan of Arc and Marie Antoinette. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bonus: A very young Charles Bronson plays Jarrod\u2019s sidekick, Igor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free, 5-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, Las Palmas Branch Library, 515 Castroville Road, (210) 207-9200, mysapl.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Texas politics is a mess. We make it a readable mess.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for San Antonio Current\u2019s new \u201cTexas Politics This Week\u201d newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/sanantonio\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign Up for SA Current newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.news\/TiFMu3wPkRj6PC4xS5L36bg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWE5oWTNWeWNtVnVkQzVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599768?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SanAntonio_Current\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vincent02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"San Antonio\u2019s Las Palmas Library showing 1952 horror classic House of Wax for free\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"427058\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/arts\/things-to-do\/san-antonios-las-palmas-library-showing-1952-horror-classic-house-of-wax-for-free\/attachment\/vincent02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vincent02.jpg?fit=999%2C677&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"999,677\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vincent02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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