Elvira, Mistress of the dark

Title - Elvira, Mistress of the dark
Language - English
Genre - Horror, comedy, witchcraft

Elvira, T.V. scream queen and inspiration the Simpsons 'Boobarella' has one dream, to get her show to Las Vegas. 

  Unfortunately she needs to raise $50,000 which is looking impossible after she rejected her bosses’ advances.  So when she receives a telegram telling that her Great Aunt Morgan has died and left her some inheritance Elvira thinks nothing of jumping into her car and travelling to Fallwell Massachusetts for the reading of the will.

Elvira is disappointed when she is left no money, but she is left a house, a dog and the family cookbook.  Deciding to renovate the house to sell to try to raise the money for Vegas Elvira stays in Fallwell but soon finds that she has to deal with a sleazy estate agent who in interested in more that her house, the local busy body Chastity Pariah who is trying to get Elvira kicked out of town and her great uncle Vincent who is desperate to get his hands on the cook book.

After using the book and then finding note from her aunt Elvira realises that she can't let Vincent get his hands on the book but with the whole town against her how can Elvira survive to see her dream of getting to Las Vegas?

Elvira Mistress of the dark is the of two films where scream queen legend Elvira (Cassandra Paterson) takes the lead roll  taking her T.V. persona to the big screen and fleshing out the character.  The film is more of a comedy than a horror although it uses a lot of tropes and references to old horror movies and it makes a change to spells that don’t always come back to the caster, for example the casserole 'love' spell affects everyone at the party but doesn't really have any (magical) consequents for Elvira where as in a lot of modern witch films love/lust spells often have a darker consequences often resulting in the caster being stalked and can turn the flow of the film.

Elvira is a fun character who has a quip for every situation and a charm that reaches beyond her chest.  Elvira has the ability to be sexy without bring the tone of the film down and a sense of humour that keeps the film light when it could easily become a bad horror  

Mistress of the dark is a great film and well worth a watch with a great story and a few laughs along the way.