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 ...

For decades, Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark, has been the undisputed queen of Halloween. But the 1980s were her heyday. Back then, she hosted horror films, adorned bedroom posters, and starred in ...

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 ...

If you were in the stands at Scott Stadium last month as the University of Virginia defeated Florida State University, you may have seen a group of four UVA students and one from Piedmont Virginia ...

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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 ...

"She wanted 20, 21 tickets," Elvira shared. "We're like, 'Okay,' and we give her the tickets. She gets backstage and she asks if I could take pictures with all of her friends and relatives she brought ...

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 ...