The Horror Hostess with the Mostest: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
By Angie Barry
October 27, 2016Before Joel, Mike, and the Bots mocked B-movies for Mystery Science Theater… Before Cinematic Titanic and Rifftrax… There was the bodacious, curvaceous, outrageous Elvira. The alter ego of Cassandra Peterson, Elvira sprang onto the scene in the early 80s, hosting late night horror flicks for a Los Angeles-based television network. It wasn't long before she…