Time Out

Elvira has taken over the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride this year

The horror hostess has taken over the Haunted Hayride this year. We talked to her about all things Halloween in L.A.

You can thank Elvis for Elvira, Cassandra Peterson says

NEW YORK (AP) — Cassandra Peterson has entertained Halloween lovers as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for more than four ...
W Magazine

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark—aka Cassandra Peterson—Looks Back at Her Life in Parties

After that, I got a Coors beer ad campaign.” Today Elvira is the best-selling female Halloween costume ever, says Peterson, ...

Cassandra Peterson is done wearing her iconic Elvira costume now that she's 74: 'Nobody wants to see that'

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 ...

Cassandra Peterson's Recipe for Being Elvira Includes a Pinch of Martha Stewart

The horror icon shares her journey from misfit kid to cookbook author and (g)hostess with the mostess — with advice from ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Elvira’s Guide to Halloween in L.A.

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 One Ear: Vampira’s feud

Astoria’s own Finnish wasp-waisted glamour ghoul, Vampira, aka Astoria High School graduate Maila Nurmi. In 1954 Los Angeles, she was the first late-night horror movie mistress on Saturdays with “The ...