Plus, comedian and horror aficionado Dana Gould shares the legend of Vampira and her gothic powerhouse presence during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Mistress of the Dark. Queen of Halloween. The ...

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While it’s a new animated “Addams Family” film and actress Cassandra Peterson (a.k.a. the spooky and kooky Elvira) has her new tell-all memoir published last month that have everyone buzzing this ...

Hollywood has lost another legend. Maila Nurmi, who became synonymous with her character, Vampira, passed away in her sleep yesterday at the age of 86. She was born Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi on ...

At 74, Cassandra Peterson has officially hung up the cleavage-exposing little black dress and teased-to-Transylvania wig she once wore to embody her alter ego, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. “People ...

Although they’ve collaborated since 2018, West Bloomfield artist Dave Acosta, writer David Avallone and horror icon Cassandra Peterson, alias Elvira, are meeting in-person for the first time at Motor ...

Vampira, portrayed by Maila Nurmi, was the first television horror hostess who made her debut on screens in 1954 with The Vampira Show. Gothic horror aesthetics and the dark glamour of Morticia Addams ...