Forty years after creating Elvira, actress Cassandra Peterson published a tell-all memoir Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic;Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Cassandra ...

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark famously wants to be remembered by two simple words. But when all is said and done, Cassandra Peterson only asks that people remember her buxom alter ego by three simple ...

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Elvira has approved of Kylie Jenner’s Halloween look, but thinks the makeup mogul could’ve done more to credit the original Mistress of the Dark. “I didn’t get a heads up that Kylie was doing the ...

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, has been giving us her signature “Unpleasant Dreams” for over forty years. And the face of the iconic horror movie hostess has adorned everything from t-shirts to coffee ...

Cassandra Peterson — aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — is opening up about her almost two-decade romance in her new memoir, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark Cassandra ...

In the dark doorway of a faux haunted house with lightning striking and coyotes howling in the background, the undisputed Queen of Halloween and Mistress of the Dark, Elvira, appears on the TV screen ...

Just in time for Halloween, horror industry sex symbol Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, has proved she still has a few new tricks up her long black sleeves. Cassandra Peterson, the woman behind the ...

All hail “Kyvira,” Mistress of the Dark. One Halloween costume simply wasn’t enough for Kylie Jenner, who first showed off a “Bride of Frankenstein”-inspired look before taking a stab at Elvira over ...

Elvira, the famed “Mistress of the Dark,” has shared she identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. The actress, who was born Cassandra Peterson, shared her love story in her new autobiography, ...

In retrospect, it’s no surprise that someone should think of teaming Harley Quinn and Elvira in a crossover comic. The surprise is that nobody thought to do this long before now. Thankfully, Dynamite ...