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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
When her great aunt dies, famous horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight New England town Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house, a witch's cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queen's ample assets, all hell busts out and breaks loose. Can the Madonna of the Macabre find love with a studly cinema owner, avoid her creepy great uncle, titillate the town's teens and become a Las Vegas dance sensation all without being burned alive at the stake?
3 October 1949, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
24 July 1937, Hollywood, Florida, USA
14 July 1925, Galesburg, Illinois, USA
21 April 1921, Forest Hills, Queens, New York, USA
22 September 1966, New York City, New York, USA
17 September 1951, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
31 August 1905, DeLand, Florida, USA
January 01, 2008
But there's nothing dark about Elvira's cleavage.April 01, 2005
Stupidity with a cleavage.January 01, 2000
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark is stupid fun, a distaff, gothic version of Pee-wee's Playhouse.February 05, 2003
Goofy, enjoyable, and it might have been better if it didn't try to please everybody.October 23, 2012
It's not just dumb fun. The script contains a few genuinely smart one-liners (even if the relentless flood of innuendo will weary even the hardiest Carry On fans) and there's far more to Elvira than a perilously plunging neckline.May 20, 2003
There are only a couple of fresh and funny moments.September 30, 2012
It may not be the comedy that re-invented horror comedies, but Elvira's feature film debut is an entertaining and raunchy foray...October 23, 2012
Despite its mildly raunchy tone and obsession with Peterson's considerable cleavage, the film is a decent, good-hearted comedy that never takes itself seriously.July 29, 2005
With a solid humor lineage...Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is one of the best comedies of the late 80s.January 26, 2006
A predictable plot and cheapskate effects deaden Elvira's occasional witty lines, while references to the horror genre make the film busy without going anywhere.March 04, 2003
Bad, bad, bad. Stick to hosting late-night creature features, babe.