Review of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) by Dann M — 30 May 2014
"Unpleasant dreams." Elvira finally gets her own B-horror movie adventure in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. When her great aunt dies Elvira heads to a small New England town to collect her inheritance, but Elvira's punk-rock attitude doesn't go over too well with the locals.
It's a pretty formulaic set up, and the characters are all one-note stereotypes. Additionally, the sex jokes are incredibly gratuitous and get old rather fast. Still, the cheesiness of it all is fun and the horror movie satire is somewhat clever.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark kind of works as an homage to low-budget horror cinema, but it's a little too goofy and meta.
This review of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) was written by Dann M on 30 May 2014.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark has generally received mixed reviews.
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