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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Wicked Good Fun | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

Elvira, for those of you are not familiar with this self-styled Mistress of the Dark, this cross between Morticia Addams and Moon Unit Zappa, she is the hostess of a syndicated TV show that features laughably egregious horror and sci-fi movies. She frequently interrupts the movies to offer her own unique variety of peanut-gallery comments. She is also famous for her neckline, which is as low as her bouffant is high...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Wicked Good Fun | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...only a matter of time, of course, before Elvira brought her many charms to the big screen. (Actually, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark is not Peterson's screen debut; she has had bit parts in a number of movies, including a Fellini film.) But the leap from TV to film is not a large one for Elvira: she brought along her TV writing team, veteran music video director James Signorelli and the financing muscle of NBC productions...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Wicked Good Fun | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

...shouldn't have worried so much about whether Elvira: Mistress of the Dark was just an excuse for merchandising; Elvira ain't exactly the Care Bears. Still, if you went to the Law School Film Society's screenings last night, you had the option of picking up Elvira t-shirts, studded wristbands and even a cookbook inspired by the movie, featuring Elvira's recipes for "Transylvanian Ghoulash," "Bedeviled Eggs" and "Welsh Rare-Bats...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Wicked Good Fun | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

Rick Louie '90, chairman of Harvard Students for Bush, said Dukakis's frequent attacks on the vice president had revealed a "dark side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Partisan Crowd Packs K-School for Debate | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

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