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Sep 30, 1988 · "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark" is a 1988 comedy, horror movie - upon arriving in a small town where Elvira has inherited a rundown mansion, the famous horror host must battle an evil uncle, and townspeople who want her burned at the stake.
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- Comedy, Horror
- James Signorelli
- 1988-09-30
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by James Signorelli, starring Cassandra Peterson as eccentric horror host Elvira. The film's screenplay, written by Peterson, John Paragon, and Sam Egan, [3] follows Elvira inheriting a house nestled in the heart of an overtly prudish community.
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- Cassandra Peterson saw her first horror movie—William Castle’s House On Haunted Hill—when she was just a kid. In an interview for David Weiner’s 2019 documentary In Search of Darkness, Peterson recalled seeing the 1959 Vincent Price shocker when she was very young, maybe 7 or 8 years old, and being “gobsmacked.”
- Cassandra Peterson credits a terrible childhood injury with setting her on the path to creating Elvira. Peterson suffered horrific, near-fatal third degrees burns after overturning a pot of boiling water when she was 18 months old.
- Cassandra Peterson became a Las Vegas showgirl when she was just 17 years old. When Peterson was a teenager, one of her idols was Ann-Margret, the Swedish-American singer, dancer, and actress who co-starred with Elvis Presley in 1964’s Viva Las Vegas.
- Cassandra Peterson was an extra in a James Bond movie. When she was working as a dancer with Vive Les Girls, Peterson and several of her colleagues served as extras in the 1971 James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. 1988 · 1 hr 37 min. PG-13. Comedy · Horror. With dreams of performing in Las Vegas, a buxom former TV hostess finds herself in trouble when she travels to a small town to claim her inheritance. Audio Languages: English.
- James Signorelli
- January 1, 1988
- 96 min
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. The cult-movie TV hostess (Phil Rubenstein) inherits an old New England house, a poodle and a black-magic cookbook. Prime Video Apple TV. Watch Elvira, Mistress...
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- Comedy
- PG-13
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