ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

invisibleunicornninja So my grandpa found this on Amazon Prime and said we should watch this. This is very strange. I'm not sure how to describe it. Its very absurd and doesn't make much sense. Its intriguing I guess. Its worth watching out of curiosity or if you like boobs I guess. Its kinda funny? I don't know. This thing is so weird.

Blazehgehg I feel like Elvira's sense of humor is kind of a specific one, and may even be kind of an acquired taste. It's very 1980's, with lots of really (and I mean REALLY) corny sexual innuendo.In spite of this, "Mistress of the Dark" goes out of its way to portray Elvira herself as more than just a piece of eye candy -- I believe the word the kids today would use is "sex positive." Elvira knows what she wants and kicks every guy to the curb that would dare take advantage of her. Even though she plays up the role of a bimbo on occasion, she's often smarter and tougher than that.If you can deal with that, then this ends up being a pretty alright movie to watch around Halloween. Granted, it's a little dull; The production value feels very "basic cable" despite this movie's theatrical release. The raunchy humor isn't quite raunchy enough and the pace of the movie is a little too slow. It's a movie that's trying to have bite, but ends up being more of a nibble.The real problem is how the movie beats you over the head with how "cool" Elvira is meant to be. She's here to show these prudish normies what's up, with her hot rod and her heavy metal and her snarky attitude. It ends up being kind of overbearing at times, with Elvira breaking the fourth wall multiple times just to crack a bad joke directly at the audience. Bugs Bunny she is not.But I still get some enjoyment out of it. It's dopey, low budget, and cheesy, which is more than a little fitting for somebody who built a career riffing on dopey, low budget, and cheesy movies.

Uriah43 In desperate need of money "Elvira" (Cassandra Peterson) is elated to discover that she has been named as a beneficiary in her Great Aunt Morgana's will. So she leaves Hollywood and drives to Fallwell, Massachusetts to see what she will get. Upon arriving there she learns that she inherits the house, a dog and a cookbook which Great Aunt Morgana's brother "Vincent Talbott" (William Morgan Sheppard) badly wants. Along with that she also inherits the enmity of the local town elders who consider her to be a bad influence upon the residents of the town. Anyway, rather than detailing the entire plot I will just say that for a cheap and trashy type of film this turned out to be fairly entertaining. I especially liked the performance of Cassandra Peterson who seemed to fit her role to perfection. That said however, I should probably also mention that this film may not suit everybody's taste. For example, although Cassandra Peterson was nominated for a Saturn Award as "Best Actress" she was also nominated for a Razzie Award as "Worst Actress" as well. Likewise, while the movie received a nomination as "Best Film" at the International Fantasy Film Awards it was also nominated for "Worst Picture" at the Hastings Bad Cinema Society's 11th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. In short, some people will apparently like it and some people won't. Again, it's deliberately cheap and trashy and those who don't enjoy movies that have off-color jokes and gags of a sexual nature might not want to watch this particular kind of film. All things considered I rate it as slightly above average.

lost-in-limbo I never saw any of the TV shows, but we know where the eyes will be heading, but it's the character's main draw-card and this aspect is played for the laughs. 'Elvira' is light-headed in its context, but quite low-brow with its humour, as a sizzling siren Cassandra Peterson laced up in her spunky Gothic wardrobe resembles a Mae West with her sharp-witted (although not always funny, but they're either bad and good) wisecracks. This film is pretty much a living parody, as it follows horror TV show hostess Elvira quit her job in the dream of performing in Las Vegas… but to keep that show alive, she needs money to pay for it. She learns she will be receiving an inheritance from her deceased auntie in a quaint, conservative little rural town. Hoping for money, she ends up with the house, dog and a family cook book (or is it just a cook book?). Which for some reason her uncle Vincent would do anything to get his hands on that book. Its loopy camp of a very one-joke kind, which patterns itself into contrived silliness. It moves by fast enough, even though it does become starved of gags due to simply relying on its same-old collection of its 'fish out of water' gags of a performance that's more than just an act. Director James Signorelli colourfully spruce handling uses cheeky references and builds a certain likable charm. William Morgan Sheppard and a dynamically ripe Edie McClurg are quite fun their roles… in what you can call the meanies of the film. In the end it knows what it is, and purposely keeps it to that; simple-minded, crude and carefree kitsch.