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 ...

Halloween requires a mention of 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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (UPI) --Cassandra Peterson, who has played Elvira since 1981, released Elvira's Cookbook from Hell on Tuesday. The book contains recipes for breakfast, picnics, appetizers, ...

In 1981, Cassandra Peterson conjured up the character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark—a dash of Elvis, a pinch of Vampira, and a generous helping of vaudeville comedy—for a local Los Angeles television ...

SEATTLE — Amazon's first-ever corpse flower, given the moniker "Morticia," has bloomed a second time. The Amorphophallus titanum, which lives in the Amazon Spheres, only blooms an average of every 5 ...

When it comes to parenting, Catherine Zeta-Jones says she doesn’t take after her “Wednesday” character, Morticia Addams — except for one way. “There are many times I’ve been thinking I’m putting an ...

The iconic horror host joins forces with the popular L.A. attraction this spooky season, scaring up exclusive merchandise, a thematic maze and more surprises. By Lina Lecaro It’s been over four ...

“Wednesday” is back, and this time, so is the Addams family. In Season 2 of the hit Netflix series, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) returns to Nevermore Academy flanked by her relatives: her younger brother, ...