It’s been over four decades since Cassandra Peterson first brought her sexy and sassy alter ego Elvira, Mistress of the Dark to television screens, putting a bodacious spin on the movie mocking horror ...

These days, Cassandra Peterson, the real woman behind the icon, is retired from donning the black wig and tight black dress of Elvira. But, she still curates Elvira as a brand. There’s no shortage of ...

For 31 years, Elvira, mistress of the dark, has been vamping the world as Halloween's voluptuous vixen. With a frightful wig, self-effacing humor and all that cleavage, the glam goddess of ghoul, aka ...

Cassandra Peterson is a longtime actress and pop culture icon, though you may not know her by that name. The “Queen of Halloween” has been camping it up as Elvira, "Mistress of the Dark," for over 40 ...

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For the past 30 years, most Halloweens you’d find Elvira–née Cassandra Peterson–doing her “Mistress of the Dark” show at Knott’s Scary Farm. But 2017 was the last time she performanced at the iconic ...

In an interesting turn of events, it seems that pop princess Ariana Grande is an unlikely fan of Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark herself. Or, perhaps, she was. Grande recently expressed ...