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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

1988, comedy, fantasy, horror

96 minutes

When her great aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town of 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...

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Evan Popplestone of Cinema's Fringes

2018-12-10

Fairly lightweight, disposable fun for horror buffs.

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2019-10-07

Filling in the gaps are bits of slapstick, comic montages, and a light love triangle. The predicaments are insincere, the supporting roles are insignificant, and the premise is flimsy; yet Elvira is an entirely watchable character, merging gothic titillation and a killer figure with bad puns and nods to iconic movies. Read more

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