However, it wasn't until 2021 that Elvira revealed in her book, titled Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark that Peterson revealed she is part of the LGBTQ+ community herself. Her film Elvira's Haunted Hills first premiered at multiple AIDS charity events across America before its Hollywood premiere, or even its Cannes Film Festival screening. She has long been seen as an LGBTQ+ icon and has been a part of many Pride events around the world.
There are still tons of Elvira merch around, she's still a very popular Halloween costume, and she is very active in the convention circuit.īesides horror, one community that has helped keep the character of Elvira alive is the LGBTQ+ community. Despite this, the character remains a huge staple in the lives of those who call themselves horror fans.
She maintained doing a lot of conventions and guest appearances and made another, unrelated feature film called Elvira's Haunted Hills, but she only did a few more Elvira specials between the 1990s and now. She was given a CBS sitcom, but the show was canceled before the pilot even aired. After its release, Peterson immediately wanted to make a sequel but it was stuck in development problems for years and just didn't happen, though there are rumors of a sequel in production now.Īfter the success of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark things died down a little bit for Elvira. The problem is that it's in the center of an extremely conservative community where she does not fit in, and her evil uncle is after her! It's a very cheesy movie full of camp and the usual Elvira innuendos, but it's a Halloween classic and a lot of fun. Luckily for her, she's just inherited a house from an old relative she didn't even know she had. She quits her horror hostess job in hopes of having a Las Vegas show but needs a lot more money to fund it. In the film, Elvira plays a version of herself. The film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a truly wild movie that garners cult classic status at this point.
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