Showing posts with label Elvira Mistress of the Dark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elvira Mistress of the Dark. Show all posts

Saturday, July 2, 2016

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Hands down (or hands on) is 1988's Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.  Starring Cassandra Peterson as the titular (you're welcome), one-and-only Elvira, the movie never fails to make me laugh no matter how many times I watch it.
"You know what your problem is?  Chastity Pariah"
"*gasp* I thought that cleared up"
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When her great aunt Morgana passes away, she leaves her sweet ex-tv-show-host niece Elvira her small-town gothic mansion, her poodle Algonquin, and a whole heap of trouble.  Elvira has a great headlining act she wants to open in Las Vegas, but she desperately needs $50,000 to bankroll it.  If only she could sell that house!  Unfortunately, things aren't as simple as they seem in sleepy little Falwell, MA.

Just watch the trailer:



This is definitely a fun-for-fun's-sake movie, and Cassandra Peterson constantly delivers the one-liners and double entendres, having perfected her character for years as the queen of late night B-movie horror flicks.

I can't recommend it enough.  Christ, it's a good movie!