Elvira's Movie Macabre (1981)

Genre

science fiction, comedy film, horror fiction

Country

United States

Length

5 seasons, 140 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A horror hostess named Elvira introduces and occasionally interrupts cheesy B movies with jokes and commentary. The show features low-budget horror and science fiction films, and Elvira's character is known for her black dress and big hair.

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What happens

Elvira's Movie Macabre (titled on-screen as Movie Macabre with Elvira, Mistress of the Dark in its original run), or simply Movie Macabre, is an American hosted horror movie television program that originally aired locally from 1981 to 1986. The show features B movies, particularly those in the horror and science fiction genres, and is hosted by Elvira, a character with a black dress and heaven bump hairstyle, played by Cassandra Peterson. Elvira occasionally interrupts the films with comments and jokes, and in some episodes receives prank phone calls from a character called "the Breather" (John Paragon). The popularity of the show led to a feature film, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, which was released in 1988. The character returned in the 2001 film Elvira's Haunted Hills. The show was revived in 2010 as Elvira's Movie Macabre, in which Elvira hosted public domain films. This revival aired on This TV until 2011. Elvira returned as a horror hostess in 2014 with 13 Nights of Elvira, a 13-episode series produced by Hulu. In 2021, she recreated her show for a one-night movie marathon on the streaming service Shudder to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. The special was called Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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