En arrivant dans une petite ville où elle a hérité d'un manoir délabré, une célèbre hôtesse de l'horreur se bat contre un oncle maléfique et des habitants de la ville qui veulent qu'elle soi... Tout lireEn arrivant dans une petite ville où elle a hérité d'un manoir délabré, une célèbre hôtesse de l'horreur se bat contre un oncle maléfique et des habitants de la ville qui veulent qu'elle soit brûlée sur le bûcher.En arrivant dans une petite ville où elle a hérité d'un manoir délabré, une célèbre hôtesse de l'horreur se bat contre un oncle maléfique et des habitants de la ville qui veulent qu'elle soit brûlée sur le bûcher.
- Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 4 nominations
- Elvira
- (as Elvira)
- Messenger
- (as William Dance)
- Hitchhiker
- (as Joseph Arias)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesElvira's Macabre Mobile was created for this film. The 1958 T-Bird hardtop was purchased for $2,500 and went through $7,000+ in alterations. The automobile remained in the possession of Cassandra Peterson, who occasionally used it for personal appearances, but she frequently complained that although it looked beautiful, it never worked well. In December 2021, Peterson auctioned off the steering wheel, license plate cover, hood and dashboard ornaments for a total of $19,795.
- GaffesElvira's signature Thigh high split dress shows she wears Pantyhose. Yet on her first night in her inherited house, she gets undressed and is shown to be wearing suspenders, which would have been obvious with the split in her dress.
- Citations
Bob Redding: How's your head?
Elvira: I haven't had any complaints yet.
Bob Redding: [confused] Excuse me?
Elvira: Oh, uh, I think I'll live.
- Versions alternativesAlong with the television version, many international theatrical and video versions cut out Elvira's magic trick during the Las Vegas musical number.
directed by: James Signorelli
starring: Cassandra Peterson, W. Morgan Sheppard, Daniel Greene, and Edie McClurg
plot: Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) quits her TV show and heads to the small Christian town Fallwell, Massachusettes to collect on her dead aunt's inheritance, hoping to make big bucks to open up a show in Vegas. Unfortunately for her, all she gets is a creepy old house, a poodle, and a magic cookbook. While in Fallwell, Elvira tries to make money, breathe some life into the teenagers, win the heart of a stud (Daniel Greene), avoid being burned at the stake, and keep the cookbook from her creepy uncle (W. Morgan Sheppard), who is planning to use the book to end the world.
my thoughts: I love both Cassandra Peterson and her alter-ego Elvira. She is a very successful, beautiful, and funny woman and as Elvira she's all that plus morbid and hilariously naive, not to mention she has an amazing pair of knockers. In this movie, her charms are put to good use.
I loved the whole 'fish out of water' feel to the film. You got Elvira, with her low-cut black dress, her big black hair, and her enormous 'twins', and she's in a Christian town where most of the girls aren't even allowed to wear makeup. This also makes her love story with Bob (Daniel Greene) a lot more entertaining.
W. Morgan Sheppard is equally great as Elvira's uncle/nemesis Vincent, out to steal the book to use it for evil. He has a lot of presence but still doesn't get in the way and steal scenes from Elvira.
What really makes the film is not the plot, but the many jokes. Everything from boob jokes to horror spoofing is here and makes me laugh a lot more than anything from a SCARY MOVIE sequel. I hear there are about 56 boob jokes in this film, and any fan of Roger Corman B-horror flicks will love the spoofing in this film.
If you love Elvira, you will love this flick. Also check out ELVIRA'S HAUNTED HILLS.
- BrianCTyler
- 22 avr. 2006
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Site officiel
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Elvira: Maîtresse des ténèbres
- Lieux de tournage
- Sociétés de production
- Voir plus de crédits d'entreprise sur IMDbPro
Box-office
- Budget
- 7 500 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 5 596 267 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 1 660 041 $US
- 2 oct. 1988
- Montant brut mondial
- 5 596 267 $US
- Durée1 heure 36 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1