The woman behind Elvira, Cassandra Peterson, talks all about her new delightful and dark Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Tarot ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cassandra Peterson has entertained Halloween lovers as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for more than four decades. Peterson developed the character in the 1980s, after leaving her career ...

In this video, the Mistress of the Dark herself, Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira), sits down for a spooky game of 'This or That.' Watch as she pits classic Halloween candies against each other, from ...

Cassandra Peterson understands the power of a movie night — or more specifically, the kind of movie night that wobbles between horror and hilarity, where the fake blood maybe gleams brighter than the ...

Cassandra Peterson has spent more than four decades as the undisputed Queen of Halloween. Her reign began in 1981, when she unleashed her glamorous, gothic, wisecracking alter ego, Elvira, Mistress of ...

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“Elvira’s Cookbook From Hell” offers funny and fiendish recipes from the Mistress of the Dark. The book was written by Cassandra Peterson, who has played Elvira for over four decades. Peterson owns ...

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 ...

Elvira is standing by her criticism of Ariana Grande almost a year after calling out the "Wicked" star for her allegedly rude behavior during a past encounter. The 74-year-old horror icon, whose real ...

“Around the time that Martha Stewart did her Entertaining book, I became obsessed,” says Cassandra Peterson, the actress and author perhaps best known for portraying Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. “I ...

"It was very offensive. I had all the celebrities who I had ever come to my show -- and there was a ton -- were always gracious and kind, and, um, she was not," she claims of Grande, before weighing ...

It's been over 40 years since Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, first lit up late-night TV in her iconic black dress, and she remains a pop culture icon. What began as a local horror-hosting gig has ...