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“House on Haunted Hill” (1959) directed by Winston Castle… a movie that Elvira remembers seeing for the first time at 8 years old – her first horror! This film stars Vincent Price as eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren. He and his fourth wife, Annabelle, have invited five people to the house for a “Haunted House” party.Continue reading “ELVIRA-TOBER PART 2: “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) & “Elvira’s Haunted Hills” (2001)”

Elvira’s Macabre Mobile: Elvira’s car, lovingly referred to as the Macabre Mobile, is a 1958 T-Bird hard top which was purchased for $2,500, then went through over $7,000 in alterations to make it look how it does in the film… barbed wire mirror, skull cap stick shift, chain link steering wheel and snow leopard interior.Continue reading “ELVIRA-TOBER Pt. 1: “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark” (1988)”

History: 1904 – Mr. Wix of Wickham stage play with Julian Eltinge 1915 – Julian Eltinge’s “The Countess Charming” (first on film screen drag) The Roaring ’20s – The Panzy Craze where Gene Malin became a star With no movies made during this time period, showing gay culture, we can look to modern films thatContinue reading “Drag Queens On Screen!”

Based on a true story told in a popular twitter thread containing 148 tweets written by Detroit waitress A’Ziah “Zola” King in October 2015. The story, which begins with “Y’all wanna hear a story about why me and this b—- here fell out???????? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” quickly went viral, garneringContinue reading “ZOLA, Modern Storytelling, and Strippers on Screen”

Podcast episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1831254/9074878 This week – as part of the costume series – we’re going with a period drama that just came out called THE GREEN KNIGHT directed by David Lowry, starring Dev Petal, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, and more. It is a tale adapted from the anonymous Arthurian poem “Sir Gawain and the GreenContinue reading “Arthurian Legend Brought to Screen in “The Green Knight” (2021)”

Husband #1: Dick Van Dyke as Edgar HopperThe Simple Life Husband # 2: Paul Newman as Larry FlintA Parisian Adventure When the Parisian vignette paid homage to French New Wave… Husband # 3: Robert Mitchum as Rod Anderson Living the Life of Luxury Husband #4: Gene Kelly as Pinky BensonThink Pink! But most notably… “I’llContinue reading “What A Way To Go! & Other Fashionable Hidden Gems”

If you haven’t listened to the episode yet, check it out: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1831254/episodes/9061814-cruella-the-villain-origin-story Tallulah Bankhead (left: as Regina Giddens in “The Little Foxes”; right: with Welsh artist Augustus John & her portrait in 1929) was used as the inspiration for many of the Disney animated version of Cruella de Vil’s characteristics & mannerisms. Vivienne Westwood, 1970s,Continue reading ““Cruella” (2021) & the Villain Origin Story”