Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Name: Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-06-09
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Tony Angellotti, Yancy Calzada, Sam Egan

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20182018
1h 40m

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6.9/10

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Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (2018)

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This documentary fills in the backstories of the making of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), as well as much of Cassandra Peterson's career. It also provides a lot of insight into the wor... Read allThis documentary fills in the backstories of the making of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), as well as much of Cassandra Peterson's career. It also provides a lot of insight into the workings of Hollywood production.This documentary fills in the backstories of the making of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), as well as much of Cassandra Peterson's career. It also provides a lot of insight into the workings of Hollywood production.

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6.9/10

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Sam Egan in Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (2018)

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Yancy Calzada and Mark Bryan Wilson in Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (2018)

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Cassandra Peterson in Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (2018)

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Cassandra Peterson and William Morgan Sheppard in Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (2018)

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Extremely detailed, though not in the way I expected.

This was good, but not what I was expecting at all. I seriously thought this was going to talk about the life of Cassandra Peterson, and how she honed the character of Elvira and popularized her in various ways through multiple mediums. Instead, what this ended up being was a very drawn-out documentary all about the making of the 1988 comedy film "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark:- down to seemingly every detail that could be covered!

As a fan of the movie that this documentary is about, I do appreciate it, but found it tedious at times, and thus a bit laggy. However, for fans of the film, it is a worthwhile viewing nonetheless.

Favorite part: Finding out that the movie first premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater on rocker Joan Jett's 30th birthday, September 22nd, 1988! I have said that Elvira is like a more curvy, femme Joan Jett, and this just further shows their connection! And that little tidbit alone made this tediously detailed documentary worth it to me!

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