Cassandra Peterson

Date of Birth

1951-09-17

Place of Birth

Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Known for

Red Riding Hood, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Elvira’s Haunted Hills, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

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Genre legends Elvira and Tom Savini have been added to Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game as playable characters

Horror Movie News

Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game adds Elvira and Tom Savini as playable characters

Posted 2 years ago

Genre legends Elvira and Tom Savini have been added to Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game as playable characters

Elvira's Cookbook from Hell: Sexy, Spooky Soirées and Celebrations for Every Occasionis coming in September

Horror Movie News

Cassandra Peterson wanted Elvira to have her own movie franchise à la Ernest

Posted 3 years ago

Cassandra Peterson wanted Elvira to have her own movie franchise, taking inspiration from none other than Ernest P. Worrell.

The new episode of the Black Sheep video series looks back at Elvira's Haunted Hills, starring Cassandra Peterson

JoBlo Originals

Elvira’s Haunted Hills (2001) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

Posted 3 years ago

The new episode of the Black Sheep video series looks back at Elvira's Haunted Hills, starring Cassandra Peterson

Pop Culture

Elvira sold Brad Pitt a haunted house

Posted 4 years ago

Mistress of the Dark Elvira sold Brad Pitt the LA home for $1.7 million, which he recently unloaded for nearly $40 million.

JoBlo Originals

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Knives Out, Namor, She-Ra, Spirited Away, 300

Posted 4 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Horror Movie News

Elvira says the character can live on after her retirement

Posted 4 years ago

Her name’s Elvira, but you can call her tonight–or Cassandra Peterson, her real name. Peterson, who gained popularity as the busty, double entendre-spitting Elvira, has revealed that there may be life for the character, even after she retires. In a...

The new episode of the video series Revisited looks back at the 1988 horror comedy Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, starring Cassandra Peterson

JoBlo Originals

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

Posted 4 years ago

Cody It’s time for a new episode of our Revisited video series, and with this one we’re taking a moment to pay tribute to one of the most iconic horror hosts of all time, Elvira. The movie we’re covering is...

Joe Bob Briggs and Cassandra Peterson, a.k.a. Elvira, have teamed up for the Shudder special Joe Bob's Haunted Halloween Hangout.

TV News

Joe Bob’s Haunted Halloween Hangout, with special guest Elvira, coming to Shudder

Posted 4 years ago

A couple months ago, it was announced that a special edition of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs will be premiering on the Shudder TV feed of the Shudder streaming service at 9pm ET on October 21st. We suspected...

Arrow in the Head reviews Rob Zombie's update of The Munsters, starring Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie, Daniel Roebuck

Horror Movie Reviews

Rob Zombie’s The Munsters Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: The classic sitcom The Munsters is revived with a feature film origin story written and directed by Rob Zombie. We find out how Herman and Lily met and fell in love, and why the Munsters moved from Transylvania to...

Horror Movie News

The Munsters: Rob Zombie shares another look at the Orlock character

Posted 4 years ago

The trailer for writer/director Rob Zombie’s feature update of the classic sitcom The Munsters has a moment in which Zombie pays tribute to Count Orlock from the horror classic Nosferatu. Now Zombie has taken to social media to share another...

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