Elvira's Movie Macabre

1981 - 1986

Grave of the Vampire

26th September 1981

Episode 1

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.

Silent Night, Bloody Night

3rd October 1981

Episode 2

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.

The House That Screamed

10th October 1981

Episode 3

Students begin to disappear from an all-girl boarding school.

The Fall of the House of Usher

17th October 1981

Episode 4

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.

The Dunwich Horror

25th October 1981

Episode 5

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.

Blacula

1st November 1981

Episode 6

African Prince, cursed with vampirism, is shipped to the US and accidentally revived in the 1970`s. Talk about culture shock.

The Comedy of Terrors

7th November 1981

Episode 7

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.

The Thing With Two Heads

15th November 1981

Episode 8

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.

The Werewolf of Washington

21st November 1981

Episode 9

After returning from Hungary, a reporter is appointed a press secretary to th US President. Unknown by all, he is a werewolf. Horror comedy.

Cry of the Banshee

29th November 1981

Episode 10

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.

Count Yorga, Vampire

5th December 1981

Episode 11

Modern (circa 1970) vampire causes havoc amongst some twentysomthings in Los Angeles.

Murders in the Rue Morgue

12th December 1981

Episode 12

Masked man is killing members of a theatre troupe. Film has very little to do with Edgar Allan Poe.

Baron Blood

27th December 1981

Episode 13

Visiting his ancestral castle, a young man accidentally brings the sadistic title fiend back to life. Oops!

Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde

3rd January 1982

Episode 14

A novel twist to the classic tale. When Jekyll drinks his potion, he turns into a woman!

The Crimson Cult

10th January 1982

Episode 15

In search of his missing brother, a man discovers witchcraft at a country estate. Boris Karloff`s last A film.

The Murder Clinic

16th January 1982

Episode 16

Someone or something is killing inmates and medical personnel at a mental institution.

Horror Express

23rd January 1982

Episode 17

Ape-like creature, found frozen on an archeological dig, thaws out and begins killing people on board a train traveling across Siberia.

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

30th January 1982

Episode 18

Doctor transplants the head of a psychotic killer onto the body of a retarded young man.

Horror Hospital

6th February 1982

Episode 19

Doctor and his wacky wife experiment on people who answer their newspaper advertisement.

Rattlers

13th February 1982

Episode 20

Rattlesnakes high on nerve gas decide to kick some human butt.

Disciple of Death

20th February 1982

Episode 21

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.

Frankenstein

28th February 1982

Episode 22

Still another version of the classic tale. This time the monster is more sympathetic. A Dan Curtis production.

The Devil's Rain

Episode 23

If you cross these satan worshippers, you end up as a puddle on the floor.

Psychic Killer

13th March 1982

Episode 24

After learning astral projection from a fellow inmate in a mental institution, a man uses it to kill people who tick him off.

Necromancy

20th March 1982

Episode 25

Warlock wants to bring his dead son back to life.

The Spectre of Edgar Allen Poe

27th March 1982

Episode 26

Poe believes something strange is going on at the asylum where the love of his life, Lenore, is an inmate.

Peeping Tom

Episode 27

Man films his victims as he kills them. Classic film.

Legacy of Blood

10th April 1982

Episode 28

Heirs to fortune must spend the night in their late father`s mansion. Someone or something begins to kill them one by one.

Deathdream

18th April 1982

Episode 29

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.

The Deathmaster

25th April 1982

Episode 30

Vampire becomes the head of a commune of hippies.

Beware! The Blob

Episode 31

A piece of the original blob accidentally thaws out. Critter begins gobbling up everyone it comes in contact with.

Good Against Evil

Episode 32

Exorcists vs devil worshippers.

The Brotherhood of Satan

Episode 33

Still more devil worshippers. They recruit(read kidnap)kids for their cult.

The Mad Magician

Episode 34

Magician and master of disguise takes revenge on those who screwed him over.

The Turn of the Screw

Episode 35

The new governess at a country estate begins to see ghosts. Are they real or is she mad?

Count Dracula's Great Love

Episode 36

Four women take refuge in a castle after their coach breaks down. Guess who lives there?

Jennifer The Snake Goddess

Episode 37

Girl has ability to control snakes. She uses them to take revenge on classmates who torment her.

Masque of the Red Death

Episode 38

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.

The Tomb of Ligeia

Episode 39

Man believes his new wife is possessed by the ghost of his first wife.

The Incredible Melting Man

Episode 40

After returning from a space mission, astronaut begins to turn to liquid. Bloody mess, what?

The Fearless Vampire Killers

Episode 41

Van Helsing-like professor and his bumbling assistant hunt vampires. They stumble onto the mother lode. Classic horror comedy.

Terror House

Episode 42

Guests are on the menu at the Red Wolf Inn.

The Baby

Episode 43

Social worker investigates bizarre family where the twentysomething son is kept in diapers and treated like an infant!

The House of Seven Corpses

Episode 44

Someone or something is killing members of a production crew filming a movie in an old dark house.

Psychomania

7th August 1982

Episode 45

Hell raising bikers discover that, if they commit suicide, they can return from the dead and raise even more hell.

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

14th August 1982

Episode 46

Modern version of Hansel and Gretel. Wacko lures kids into her old dark house. Pie anyone?

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Cassandra Peterson•Cheech Marin•John Paragon

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Larry Thomas

Writer

Cassandra Peterson

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, presents low-budget scary movies and provides sarcastic, campy commentary all while bringing the voluptuous charm & energy that only she can give.

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