ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK (1988)

Elvira (enduring queer icon Cassandra Peterson) busts out in this exceedingly witty camp classic. When Elvira suddenly inherits a mansion from her dearly deceased great-aunt, she hits the road to claim an easy-flip fortune in hopes of funding a headlining Las Vegas show. But what greets her upon arrival is a dilapidated house, a poodle, a mysterious recipe book and a puritanical city council (headed with prig-perfection by Edie McClurg) hell-bent on censoring Elvira’s (ahem) modern attributes.

Never one to back down, Elvira endears herself to an open-minded subset of the townspeople, charming them with her nonjudgmental spirit and tenacious wit, all the while courting the local hunk, defying a sinister uncle and mounting a popular pop-up Midnight Movie presentation at the downtown moviehouse. ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK is a madcap, fish-out-of-water romp of the highest order—filled with a love of throwback genre cinema alongside unpleasant dreams and pleasant screams.

Special Guest introduction by Miss Malice

Co-Presented by

James Signorelli

Sam Egan, John Paragon, Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson, Edie McClurg, W. Morgan Sheppard, Daniel Greene, Jeff Conaway, Susan Kellermann