Elvira's Movie Macabre

2h

Comedy

Drama

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, presents low-budget scary movies and provides sarcastic, campy commentary.

Episodes

Cast

Grave of the Vampire

1. Grave of the Vampire

2h

26th Sep 1981

Vampire attacks woman and rapes her. Woman gives birth to a boy who must have mother`s blood instead of milk. When boy becomes an adult, he is determined to find and destroy his father.

Silent Night, Bloody Night

2. Silent Night, Bloody Night

2h

3rd Oct 1981

The townspeople are upset when a man begins to research the history of his inheritance: an old mansion that used to be used as a mental institution.

The House That Screamed

3. The House That Screamed

2h

10th Oct 1981

Students begin to disappear from an all-girl boarding school.

The Fall of the House of Usher

4. The Fall of the House of Usher

2h

17th Oct 1981

In search of the woman he loves, a young man goes to the ancestral home of the Ushers. He discovers a house of madness and death. The first Roger Corman Poe adaptation.

The Dunwich Horror

5. The Dunwich Horror

2h

25th Oct 1981

Once upon a time, twins were born. One looks and acts human, the other is a many-headed creepy crawly. The human brother wants to bring ""the old ones"" from another dimension. He needs a book called the Necromicon and a human sacrifice. He picks Sandra Dee. ""Hey, look at me, I`m Sandra..."" Oops! Heh heh, wrong movie. Anyway, the creepy-crawly gets out and starts eating all the townspeople. That`ll drive down property values, I can tell ya. Based on H P Lovecraft story.

Blacula

6. Blacula

2h

1st Nov 1981

African Prince, cursed with vampirism, is shipped to the US and accidentally revived in the 1970`s. Talk about culture shock.

The Comedy of Terrors

7. The Comedy of Terrors

2h

7th Nov 1981

Business is so poor, a cash-strapped undertaker and his bumbling assistant decide to ""persuade"" people to become clients. Classic Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone horror comedy.

The Thing With Two Heads

8. The Thing With Two Heads

2h

15th Nov 1981

White bigot plans to have his head transplanted to another man`s body. He is dying and this is his idea to thwart death. Without his knowledge, his head is transplanted onto a black convict`s body. And the convict still has his own head.

The Werewolf of Washington

9. The Werewolf of Washington

2h

21st Nov 1981

After returning from Hungary, a reporter is appointed a press secretary to th US President. Unknown by all, he is a werewolf. Horror comedy.

Cry of the Banshee

10. Cry of the Banshee

2h

29th Nov 1981

Evil ruler with an obsessive hatred for witchcraft, destroys a witches coven. The head witch puts a curse on his entire family. Title creature begins killing family members one by one.

Count Yorga, Vampire

11. Count Yorga, Vampire

2h

5th Dec 1981

Modern (circa 1970) vampire causes havoc amongst some twentysomthings in Los Angeles.

Murders in the Rue Morgue

12. Murders in the Rue Morgue

2h

12th Dec 1981

Masked man is killing members of a theatre troupe. Film has very little to do with Edgar Allan Poe.

Baron Blood

13. Baron Blood

2h

27th Dec 1981

Visiting his ancestral castle, a young man accidentally brings the sadistic title fiend back to life. Oops!

Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde

14. Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde

2h

3rd Jan 1982

A novel twist to the classic tale. When Jekyll drinks his potion, he turns into a woman!

The Crimson Cult

15. The Crimson Cult

2h

10th Jan 1982

In search of his missing brother, a man discovers witchcraft at a country estate. Boris Karloff`s last A film.

The Murder Clinic

16. The Murder Clinic

2h

16th Jan 1982

Someone or something is killing inmates and medical personnel at a mental institution.

Horror Express

17. Horror Express

2h

23rd Jan 1982

Ape-like creature, found frozen on an archeological dig, thaws out and begins killing people on board a train traveling across Siberia.

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

18. The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

2h

30th Jan 1982

Doctor transplants the head of a psychotic killer onto the body of a retarded young man.

Horror Hospital

19. Horror Hospital

2h

6th Feb 1982

Doctor and his wacky wife experiment on people who answer their newspaper advertisement.

Rattlers

20. Rattlers

2h

13th Feb 1982

Rattlesnakes high on nerve gas decide to kick some human butt.

Disciple of Death

21. Disciple of Death

2h

20th Feb 1982

One of Satan`s own is accidentally brought back to life. (here we go again) He immediately begins searching for women to sacrifice to his boss.

Frankenstein

22. Frankenstein

2h

28th Feb 1982

Still another version of the classic tale. This time the monster is more sympathetic. A Dan Curtis production.

The Devil's Rain

23. The Devil's Rain

2h

6th Mar 1982

If you cross these satan worshippers, you end up as a puddle on the floor.

Psychic Killer

24. Psychic Killer

2h

13th Mar 1982

After learning astral projection from a fellow inmate in a mental institution, a man uses it to kill people who tick him off.

Necromancy

25. Necromancy

2h

20th Mar 1982

Warlock wants to bring his dead son back to life.

The Spectre of Edgar Allen Poe

26. The Spectre of Edgar Allen Poe

2h

27th Mar 1982

Poe believes something strange is going on at the asylum where the love of his life, Lenore, is an inmate.

Peeping Tom

27. Peeping Tom

2h

3rd Apr 1982

Man films his victims as he kills them. Classic film.

Legacy of Blood

28. Legacy of Blood

2h

10th Apr 1982

Heirs to fortune must spend the night in their late father`s mansion. Someone or something begins to kill them one by one.

Deathdream

29. Deathdream

2h

18th Apr 1982

Family is notified that their son was killed in action while serving in Vietnam. The same day, the son returns but everyone begins to realize something is horribly wrong with him. Updated version of The Monkey`s Paw.

The Deathmaster

30. The Deathmaster

2h

25th Apr 1982

Vampire becomes the head of a commune of hippies.

Beware! The Blob

31. Beware! The Blob

2h

1st May 1982

A piece of the original blob accidentally thaws out. Critter begins gobbling up everyone it comes in contact with.

Good Against Evil

32. Good Against Evil

2h

8th May 1982

Exorcists vs devil worshippers.

The Brotherhood of Satan

33. The Brotherhood of Satan

2h

15th May 1982

Still more devil worshippers. They recruit(read kidnap)kids for their cult.

The Mad Magician

34. The Mad Magician

2h

22nd May 1982

Magician and master of disguise takes revenge on those who screwed him over.

The Turn of the Screw

35. The Turn of the Screw

2h

22nd May 1982

The new governess at a country estate begins to see ghosts. Are they real or is she mad?

Count Dracula's Great Love

36. Count Dracula's Great Love

2h

29th May 1982

Four women take refuge in a castle after their coach breaks down. Guess who lives there?

Jennifer The Snake Goddess

37. Jennifer The Snake Goddess

2h

12th Jun 1982

Girl has ability to control snakes. She uses them to take revenge on classmates who torment her.

Masque of the Red Death

38. Masque of the Red Death

2h

19th Jun 1982

Believing Satan protects him and his privileged guests from the plague that is ravaging the countryside, an evil count torments selected victims. Classic Price/Poe/Corman film.

The Tomb of Ligeia

39. The Tomb of Ligeia

2h

26th Jun 1982

Man believes his new wife is possessed by the ghost of his first wife.

The Incredible Melting Man

40. The Incredible Melting Man

2h

3rd Jul 1982

After returning from a space mission, astronaut begins to turn to liquid. Bloody mess, what?

The Fearless Vampire Killers

41. The Fearless Vampire Killers

2h

10th Jul 1982

Van Helsing-like professor and his bumbling assistant hunt vampires. They stumble onto the mother lode. Classic horror comedy.

Terror House

42. Terror House

2h

17th Jul 1982

Guests are on the menu at the Red Wolf Inn.

The Baby

43. The Baby

2h

24th Jul 1982

Social worker investigates bizarre family where the twentysomething son is kept in diapers and treated like an infant!

The House of Seven Corpses

44. The House of Seven Corpses

2h

31st Jul 1982

Someone or something is killing members of a production crew filming a movie in an old dark house.

Psychomania

45. Psychomania

2h

7th Aug 1982

Hell raising bikers discover that, if they commit suicide, they can return from the dead and raise even more hell.

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

46. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

2h

14th Aug 1982

Modern version of Hansel and Gretel. Wacko lures kids into her old dark house. Pie anyone?

First air date

26th Sep 1981

Last air date

2nd Nov 1986

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks