Elvira's Movie Macabre
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, presents low-budget scary movies and provides sarcastic, campy commentary.
Actor: Cassandra Peterson, Cheech Marin, John Paragon
Creator: Cassandra Peterson
Country: United States of America
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 2h
Release: 1981
Rating: 6.7
Season 1 - Elvira's Movie Macabre
1981-09-26
"Vampire attacks woman and rapes her. Woman gives birth to a boy who must have mother`s blood instead of milk. When boy becomes an adult, he is determined to find and destroy his father."
1981-10-03
"The townspeople are upset when a man begins to research the history of his inheritance: an old mansion that used to be used as a mental institution."
1981-10-10
"Students begin to disappear from an all-girl boarding school."
1981-10-17
"In search of the woman he loves, a young man goes to the ancestral home of the Ushers. He discovers a house of madness and death. The first Roger Corman Poe adaptation."
1981-10-25
"Once upon a time, twins were born. One looks and acts human, the other is a many-headed creepy crawly. The human brother wants to bring \"\"the old ones\"\" from another dimension. He needs a book called the Necromicon and a human sacrifice. He picks Sandra Dee. \"\"Hey, look at me, I`m Sandra...\"\" Oops! Heh heh, wrong movie. Anyway, the creepy-crawly gets out and starts eating all the townspeople. That`ll drive down property values, I can tell ya. Based on H P Lovecraft story."
1981-11-01
"African Prince, cursed with vampirism, is shipped to the US and accidentally revived in the 1970`s. Talk about culture shock."
1981-11-07
"Business is so poor, a cash-strapped undertaker and his bumbling assistant decide to \"\"persuade\"\" people to become clients. Classic Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone horror comedy."
1981-11-15
"White bigot plans to have his head transplanted to another man`s body. He is dying and this is his idea to thwart death. Without his knowledge, his head is transplanted onto a black convict`s body. And the convict still has his own head."
1981-11-21
"After returning from Hungary, a reporter is appointed a press secretary to th US President. Unknown by all, he is a werewolf. Horror comedy."
1981-11-29
"Evil ruler with an obsessive hatred for witchcraft, destroys a witches coven. The head witch puts a curse on his entire family. Title creature begins killing family members one by one."
1981-12-05
"Modern (circa 1970) vampire causes havoc amongst some twentysomthings in Los Angeles."
1981-12-12
"Masked man is killing members of a theatre troupe. Film has very little to do with Edgar Allan Poe."
1981-12-27
"Visiting his ancestral castle, a young man accidentally brings the sadistic title fiend back to life. Oops!"
1982-01-03
"A novel twist to the classic tale. When Jekyll drinks his potion, he turns into a woman!"
1982-01-10
"In search of his missing brother, a man discovers witchcraft at a country estate. Boris Karloff`s last A film."
1982-01-16
"Someone or something is killing inmates and medical personnel at a mental institution."
1982-01-23
"Ape-like creature, found frozen on an archeological dig, thaws out and begins killing people on board a train traveling across Siberia."
1982-01-30
"Doctor transplants the head of a psychotic killer onto the body of a retarded young man."
1982-02-06
"Doctor and his wacky wife experiment on people who answer their newspaper advertisement."
1982-02-20
"One of Satan`s own is accidentally brought back to life. (here we go again) He immediately begins searching for women to sacrifice to his boss."
1982-02-28
"Still another version of the classic tale. This time the monster is more sympathetic. A Dan Curtis production."
1982-03-06
"If you cross these satan worshippers, you end up as a puddle on the floor."
1982-03-13
"After learning astral projection from a fellow inmate in a mental institution, a man uses it to kill people who tick him off."
1982-03-27
"Poe believes something strange is going on at the asylum where the love of his life, Lenore, is an inmate."
1982-04-10
"Heirs to fortune must spend the night in their late father`s mansion. Someone or something begins to kill them one by one."
1982-04-18
"Family is notified that their son was killed in action while serving in Vietnam. The same day, the son returns but everyone begins to realize something is horribly wrong with him. Updated version of The Monkey`s Paw."
1982-05-01
"A piece of the original blob accidentally thaws out. Critter begins gobbling up everyone it comes in contact with."
1982-05-15
"Still more devil worshippers. They recruit(read kidnap)kids for their cult."
1982-05-22
"Magician and master of disguise takes revenge on those who screwed him over."
1982-05-22
"The new governess at a country estate begins to see ghosts. Are they real or is she mad?"
1982-05-29
"Four women take refuge in a castle after their coach breaks down. Guess who lives there?"
1982-06-12
"Girl has ability to control snakes. She uses them to take revenge on classmates who torment her."
1982-06-19
"Believing Satan protects him and his privileged guests from the plague that is ravaging the countryside, an evil count torments selected victims. Classic Price\/Poe\/Corman film."
1982-06-26
"Man believes his new wife is possessed by the ghost of his first wife."
1982-07-03
"After returning from a space mission, astronaut begins to turn to liquid. Bloody mess, what?"
1982-07-10
"Van Helsing-like professor and his bumbling assistant hunt vampires. They stumble onto the mother lode. Classic horror comedy."
1982-07-24
"Social worker investigates bizarre family where the twentysomething son is kept in diapers and treated like an infant!"
1982-07-31
"Someone or something is killing members of a production crew filming a movie in an old dark house."
1982-08-07
"Hell raising bikers discover that, if they commit suicide, they can return from the dead and raise even more hell."
1982-08-14
"Modern version of Hansel and Gretel. Wacko lures kids into her old dark house. Pie anyone?"
Season 2 - Elvira's Movie Macabre
1982-09-04
"Vincent Price leads a band of immortal men who live in a series of caves beneath the sea. Directed by Jacques Tourenur."
1982-09-11
"Man cursed by witchdoctor returns from Africa to torment his brother. Vincent Price stars with an assist by Christopher Lee."
1982-09-25
"Classic comedy horror film starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff. Yep, that`s a very young Jack Nicholson playing Lorre`s son. Directed by Roger Corman."
1982-10-02
"Merciless man hunts down witches in the name of the king. Vincent Price is pure evil in ultra violent film. British title is Witchfinder General."
1982-10-09
"In 1795, a young bride moves into her husband`s mansion. Is it haunted or is she losing her mind? Peter Cushing saves this film."
1982-10-16
"The mummy of an evil queen is brought back from Egypt. The daughter of the expedition`s leader is possessed by the soul of the evil queen. When the daughter becomes a young woman, members of the expedition begin to be murdered one by one."
1982-10-23
"Vincent Price plays an aging star of horror films. He becomes a suspect in a series of murders."
1982-10-30
"Film made up of short horror tales. Similar to films like Tales From the Crypt, Asylum, Vault of Horror."
1982-10-30
"Another monster fest with three tales based on Poe short stories or poems. Starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone. Directed by Roger Corman."
1982-11-07
"The first of many TV horror movies produced and directed by Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows fame. Jack Palance is excellent in the title roles."
1982-11-13
"Dead gangster is brought back to \"\"life\"\" by radiation from a meteorite."
1982-11-20
"A group of children in 17th century England form a devil cult."
1982-11-27
"An evil man rules his family with an iron hand. His wife and daughter plot to kill him. But is he really dead?"
1982-12-04
"Another novel twist on the classic tale. When Dr Black drinks his potion, he turns white!"
1982-12-12
"After being cursed by a dwarf, a woman`s baby appears to be possessed by a demon."
1982-12-19
"Bitten by a bat, a scientist turns into a bat creature. A different take on the werewolf legend."
1983-01-01
"The Count returns for another round of death and destruction."
1983-01-08
"A man and woman take revenge on the creep who murdered their daughter."
1983-01-29
"A man believes that an African idol grants him good luck when he sacrifices women to it."
1983-02-06
"Three tales of the supernatural. The wraparounds feature Vincent Price and John Carradine."
1983-02-12
"A mad scientist transplants the brain of a dying ruler into the body of an idiot. Another Al Adamson mess."
1983-02-19
"The second of the blood trilogy filmed in the Philippines. John Ashley returns to battle a mad scientist and his gobble-de-goop monster."
Season 3 - Elvira's Movie Macabre
1983-11-05
"A young man makes friends with a super intelligent rat. When anyone angers him, the rat and his buddies tear the offender to pieces."
1983-11-20
"Mad doctor invites some people to his island. Something begins to kill them one by one. The phrase \"\"buckets of blood\"\" describes this gory film. Yecch!"
1983-12-24
"\"\"Well, lookee there, Ma. Ain`t that the biggest durn tu`tle you eva saw?\"\" \"\"Oh, go on, Pa. Grandper usta pull bigga ones than that outa Skunk Holler Crick.\"\""
1984-08-26
"Dead WW II soldiers have been kept animated by some type of gas."
Season 4 - Elvira's Movie Macabre
Season 5 - Elvira's Movie Macabre
1986-06-22
"The TV gothic soap opera comes to the big screen. Far more violent and graphic than TV series."
1986-08-10
"Demented artist uses zombies to kidnap hippies for use in his experiments to create human art."
1986-08-17
"A woman is haunted by visions of bloody death after moving into a house where a murder was committed."
1986-11-02
"A plane is zapped with radiation which turns everyone on board into flesh-eating zombies. These zombies can still think and even use weapons on their victims."