Elvira

American  

[el-vahyr-uh, -veer-uh] / ɛlˈvaɪr ə, -ˈvɪər ə /

noun

1. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”

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Example Sentences

Long before “so bad it’s good” became a genre unto itself, Peterson was perfecting the art as her alter ego, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

From Salon

Beginning in the early 1980s with her weekly series “Elvira’s Movie Macabre,” she invited late-night viewers into her crypt of cult cinema: “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf,” “Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks,” “The Bat People,” “The Thing with Two Heads.”

From Salon

Her 1988 film, “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark,” endures as a Halloween-season essential precisely because it understands the delicious overlap between fright and farce.

From Salon

So it feels only right that Peterson has now turned her gift for spectacle toward real-life entertaining in her new book, “Elvira’s Cookbook from Hell: Sexy, Spooky Soirées and Celebrations for Every Occasion.”

From Salon

It’s a philosophy worthy of Elvira herself — equal parts camp and comfort, with a generous pour of showmanship.

From Salon