Watch Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

It's important to understand the foundation of Elvira for many of us. The first time most of us saw Elvira was on Los Angeles , hosting a (cheesy) monster movie show, where she played Elvira before, after, and in between commercials. Her show came years after the end of a similar treatment by Larry Vincent playing 'Seymour'. Larry past away while his show was still running so it ended abruptly, and left a sizable audience missing the formula. Obviously Elvira brought assets to the monster flicks that Seymour lacked.