Rotten
A sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Evil. Terror. Lust.
2002 · 1h 30m · PG-13
Comedy, Horror
Directed by
Sam Irvin
Overview
The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to resemble the count's former "missing" wife opens a can of worms or two.
Director and cast
- Sam Irvin Director
- Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
- Mary Jo Smith as Zou Zou
- Richard O'Brien as Lord Vladimere Hellsubus
- Mary Scheer as Lady Ema Hellsubus (The Adulteress)
- Scott Atkinson as Dr. Bradley Bradley (The Charlatan)
- Heather Hopper as Lady Roxanna Hellsubus (Catalepsy Poster Child)
- Gabi Andronache as Adrian (Stable Stud)
- Jerry Jackson Cast
- Rob Paulsen Cast
- Theodor Danetti Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
More entertaining than much of the big-studio schlock out there.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Fresh
While Peterson and her ageless alter ego keep an ironic detachment from the melodramatics, there's no irony in the end-title dedication to Price -- it obviously comes straight from the heart.
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
The campy results make Mel Brooks' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated.
Mark Rahner, Seattle Times
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