Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
- Cassandra Peterson Elvira / Morgana Talbot
- William Morgan Sheppard: Vincent Talbot
- Daniel Greene: Bob Redding
- Susan Kellerman: Patty
- Edie McClurg: Chastity Pariah
- Jeff Conaway: Travis
- William Duell: Lesley Meeker
- Pat Crawford Brown: Mrs. Meeker
- Ellen Dunning: Robin Meeker
Elvira - Mistress of the Dark (Original Title: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark ) is an American comedy horror film directed by James Signorelli from 1988 The film depicts the adventures of the flamboyant television presenter Elvira in the battle for an inheritance in a middle-class American provincial town.. A system based on the film was released in 1990 computer game for more then popular computer systems.
Action
The extravagant Elvira presented as a television presenter cheap horror films the night program and dreams of her own Las Vegas show. Fancy make-up and good-sized clothes are her trademark. The sudden news of a surprising inheritance you come just right, since she has just lost her job after she refused to sleep with her new boss. The in prospect heritage, a villa in case Well, Massachusetts, promises Elvira's dream his own show but is still possible.
After their arrival in the ultra-conservative small town Elvira pulls by their eccentric and form-fitting appearance very quickly the aggressions of the residents up. The hoped-for inheritance is very disappointing, next to a dilapidated villa and a neurotic poodle she still covers only a dubious cookbook.
While Elvira ruin and poodle gaudy aufstylt in their own style, is becoming increasingly clear that the book does not contain recipes, but incantations. Elvira's uncle Vinnie you try the book behind which he 's been for over 300 years to buy some. After Elvira rejects this, he rushes through an intrigue the villagers on them. Elvira is placed on a funeral pyre and the situation can only very narrowly escaped. Meanwhile, Vinnie has stolen the book. Elvira realizes that he is a demonic wizard who defeated him and can reclaim the book.
Background
The actress Cassandra Peterson has been known in the U.S. even before the movie as a hostess and presenter Elvira, Mistress of the Dark ( Elvira, Mistress of the Dark). Your weekly television broadcast on the station KHJ, Los Angeles was called Movie Macabre. Their unusual appearance with tight-fitting, low-cut dresses is virtually identical in film and broadcast.
Criticism
" Crude slapstick as a promotional event for the main character, which is actually host a horror show on American television. "