The Movie: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
What Is It?: The
plot is about as insubstantial as Elvira’s wardrobe, but she keeps the movie
rolling with her constant stream of Mae West/Borscht Belt one-liners and
director James Signorelli does a pretty good Tim-Burton-on-a-tight-budget
routine. Sure, the movie stifles once it gets to its one-millionth boob joke
and the stupid pseudo-apocalyptic battle at the end, but most of Elvira:
Mistress of the Dark is really entertaining. The church cook-out-turned-orgy scene really gives Edie McClurg a chance to shine.
Why Today?: On
this day in 1951, Cassandra Peterson
is born.
