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Moving trivia of the 1988 movie to its own subpage


For the trivia page of the [[Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark1988 1988 movie]], see [[Trivia/ElviraMistressOfTheDark1988 here]].



* BoxOfficeBomb: TheMovie had a budget of $7.5 million and a box office of $5.5 million.



* TroubledProduction: Before the film even began, Robert Redding (Peterson's wig stylist and the one who designed the entire look of Elvira) died of AIDS. Peterson later admitted she was too harsh on the wig stylist for this film since she was used to only Redding doing it. The film was dedicated to his memory and the character of Bob was named after him.
** Another issue arose with Binnie, the poodle who played Gonk; Binnie only seemed to like his trainer (resulting in scenes having to be overdubbed to mute the trainer's voice), attacked Kurt Fuller, couldn't hit its' mark or perform properly, and Peterson insisted they use a non-permanent, vegetable-based dye for Binnie's fur (resulting in it needing touch=ups constantly).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The project began when an Creator/{{NBC}} casting director pitched then-president Brandon Tartikoff on a sitcom starring Elvira, and Tartikoff was all for it. But Cassandra Peterson really wanted to make an Elvira movie; the ultimate plan became NBC co-producing the movie in hopes of sequels and a TV series further down the line...but the movie bombed and Tartikoff left in 1991, resulting in there being no sequels or series (since now there was new management which didn't want to be associated with projects from the old management).
** [[ExecutiveMeddling It was also Tartikoff's idea]] to give it a ''Harper Valley PTA''-style plot and add a bunch of teenagers to the film, forcing everyone to jostle for screentime.
** Peterson wanted Creator/TimBurton to direct, but he was busy with ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''.
** The role of Uncle Vinnie was written for Creator/VincentPrice (who'd become friends with Peterson), but he passed on the role due to the raciness of the script. W. Morgan Sheppard got the part, after some difficulty in the audition process (he kept changing his readings until a producer told him to be "more evil", which won him the role).
** A young Creator/BradPitt was nearly cast as Randy, until Peterson realized Pitt was so attractive Elvira would've ignored Bob for Randy, and therefore Kris Kamm got the part.
** Creator/PaulReubens was supposed to do a cameo in her first movie (returning the favor for her cameo as the Biker Mama in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), but there were scheduling conflicts with ''Film/BigTopPeeWee''. In Elvira's Sinema Seance show at 2013's Knott's Scary Farm, Reubens does make a cameo (as a Hannibal Lecter-type).
** Peterson was making plans for a sequel, and even wrote a script; unfortunately, she sold it to Creator/CarolcoPictures, which went under not long after, taking the rights to the script with them. Another movie, ''Elvira vs. The Vampire Women'', was announced, but contract disputes with Creator/RogerCorman scuttled those plans. She even attempted the sitcom angle, but [[https://youtu.be/7it-GI9jj0Q her attempt in 1993]] went unaired by Creator/{{CBS}}[[note]]Peterson once explained at a convention that the president of CBS at the time liked it and was going to give it a series order; he then proceeded to get sick and the head of the ''sports division'' subbed for him, and his reaction was "We can't have boobs like that on television" and canned the project; Peterson is still annoyed about that[[/note]].
** As part of an unbuilt "Creatures Choice Awards" show for [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney MGM Studios]], Disney planned to have an animatronic Elvira serve as one of the show's presenters alongside its main host "[[Creator/EddieMurphy Eddie Frankenmurphy]]".

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* TroubledProduction: Before the film even began, Robert Redding (Peterson's wig stylist and the one who designed the entire look of Elvira) died of AIDS. Peterson later admitted she was too harsh on the wig stylist for this film since she was used to only Redding doing it. The film was dedicated to his memory and the character of Bob was named after him.
** Another issue arose with Binnie, the poodle who played Gonk; Binnie only seemed to like his trainer (resulting in scenes having to be overdubbed to mute the trainer's voice), attacked Kurt Fuller, couldn't hit its' mark or perform properly, and Peterson insisted they use a non-permanent, vegetable-based dye for Binnie's fur (resulting in it needing touch=ups constantly).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The project began when an Creator/{{NBC}} casting director pitched then-president Brandon Tartikoff on a sitcom starring Elvira, and Tartikoff was all for it. But Cassandra Peterson really wanted to make an Elvira movie; the ultimate plan became NBC co-producing the movie in hopes of sequels and a TV series further down the line...but the movie bombed and Tartikoff left in 1991, resulting in there being no sequels or series (since now there was new management which didn't want to be associated with projects from the old management).
** [[ExecutiveMeddling It was also Tartikoff's idea]] to give it a ''Harper Valley PTA''-style plot and add a bunch of teenagers to the film, forcing everyone to jostle for screentime.
** Peterson wanted Creator/TimBurton to direct, but he was busy with ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''.
** The role of Uncle Vinnie was written for Creator/VincentPrice (who'd become friends with Peterson), but he passed on the role due to the raciness of the script. W. Morgan Sheppard got the part, after some difficulty in the audition process (he kept changing his readings until a producer told him to be "more evil", which won him the role).
** A young Creator/BradPitt was nearly cast as Randy, until Peterson realized Pitt was so attractive Elvira would've ignored Bob for Randy, and therefore Kris Kamm got the part.
** Creator/PaulReubens was supposed to do a cameo in her first movie (returning the favor for her cameo as the Biker Mama in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), but there were scheduling conflicts with ''Film/BigTopPeeWee''. In Elvira's Sinema Seance show at 2013's Knott's Scary Farm, Reubens does make a cameo (as a Hannibal Lecter-type).
** Peterson was making plans for a sequel, and even wrote a script; unfortunately, she sold it to Creator/CarolcoPictures, which went under not long after, taking the rights to the script with them. Another movie, ''Elvira vs. The Vampire Women'', was announced, but contract disputes with Creator/RogerCorman scuttled those plans. She even attempted the sitcom angle, but [[https://youtu.be/7it-GI9jj0Q her attempt in 1993]] went unaired by Creator/{{CBS}}[[note]]Peterson once explained at a convention that the president of CBS at the time liked it and was going to give it a series order; he then proceeded to get sick and the head of the ''sports division'' subbed for him, and his reaction was "We can't have boobs like that on television" and canned the project; Peterson is still annoyed about that[[/note]].
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WhatCouldHaveBeen: As part of an unbuilt "Creatures Choice Awards" show for [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney MGM Studios]], Disney planned to have an animatronic Elvira serve as one of the show's presenters alongside its main host "[[Creator/EddieMurphy Eddie Frankenmurphy]]".
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** Peterson was making plans for a sequel, and even wrote a script; unfortunately, she sold it to Creator/CarolcoPictures, which went under not long after, taking the rights to the script with them. Another movie, ''Elvira vs. The Vampire Women'', was announced, but contract disputes with Creator/RogerCorman scuttled those plans. She even attempted the sitcom angle, but her attempt in 1993 went unaired by Creator/{{CBS}}.

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** Peterson was making plans for a sequel, and even wrote a script; unfortunately, she sold it to Creator/CarolcoPictures, which went under not long after, taking the rights to the script with them. Another movie, ''Elvira vs. The Vampire Women'', was announced, but contract disputes with Creator/RogerCorman scuttled those plans. She even attempted the sitcom angle, but [[https://youtu.be/7it-GI9jj0Q her attempt in 1993 1993]] went unaired by Creator/{{CBS}}.Creator/{{CBS}}[[note]]Peterson once explained at a convention that the president of CBS at the time liked it and was going to give it a series order; he then proceeded to get sick and the head of the ''sports division'' subbed for him, and his reaction was "We can't have boobs like that on television" and canned the project; Peterson is still annoyed about that[[/note]].
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** Peterson was making plans for a sequel, and even wrote a script; unfortunately, she sold it to Creator/{{Carolco}}, which went under not long after, taking the rights to the script with them. Another movie, ''Elvira vs. The Vampire Women'', was announced, but contract disputes with Creator/RogerCorman scuttled those plans. She even attempted the sitcom angle, but her attempt in 1993 went unaired by Creator/{{CBS}}.

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** Peterson was making plans for a sequel, and even wrote a script; unfortunately, she sold it to Creator/{{Carolco}}, Creator/CarolcoPictures, which went under not long after, taking the rights to the script with them. Another movie, ''Elvira vs. The Vampire Women'', was announced, but contract disputes with Creator/RogerCorman scuttled those plans. She even attempted the sitcom angle, but her attempt in 1993 went unaired by Creator/{{CBS}}.

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* ProductionPosse: Lots of people Cassandra had worked with in The Groundlings, including Creator/EdieMcClurg and co-writer [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse John]] [[Film/{{UHF}} Paragon]], were involved in the movie.
* TroubledProduction: Before the film even began, Robert Redding (Peterson's wig stylist and the one who designed the entire look of Elvira) died of AIDS. Peterson later admitted she was too harsh on the wig stylist for this film since she was used to only Redding doing it. The film was dedicated to his memory and the character of Bob was named after him.
** Another issue arose with Binnie, the poodle who played Gonk; Binnie only seemed to like his trainer (resulting in scenes having to be overdubbed to mute the trainer's voice), attacked Kurt Fuller, couldn't hit its' mark or perform properly, and Peterson insisted they use a non-permanent, vegetable-based dye for Binnie's fur (resulting in it needing touch=ups constantly).



** Creator/PaulReubens was supposed to do a cameo in her first movie (returning the favor for her cameo as the Biker Mama in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), but there were scheduling conflicts. In Elvira's Sinema Seance show at 2013's Knott's Scary Farm, Reubens does make a cameo (as a Hannibal Lecter-type).

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** The project began when an Creator/{{NBC}} casting director pitched then-president Brandon Tartikoff on a sitcom starring Elvira, and Tartikoff was all for it. But Cassandra Peterson really wanted to make an Elvira movie; the ultimate plan became NBC co-producing the movie in hopes of sequels and a TV series further down the line...but the movie bombed and Tartikoff left in 1991, resulting in there being no sequels or series (since now there was new management which didn't want to be associated with projects from the old management).
** [[ExecutiveMeddling It was also Tartikoff's idea]] to give it a ''Harper Valley PTA''-style plot and add a bunch of teenagers to the film, forcing everyone to jostle for screentime.
** Peterson wanted Creator/TimBurton to direct, but he was busy with ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''.
** The role of Uncle Vinnie was written for Creator/VincentPrice (who'd become friends with Peterson), but he passed on the role due to the raciness of the script. W. Morgan Sheppard got the part, after some difficulty in the audition process (he kept changing his readings until a producer told him to be "more evil", which won him the role).
** A young Creator/BradPitt was nearly cast as Randy, until Peterson realized Pitt was so attractive Elvira would've ignored Bob for Randy, and therefore Kris Kamm got the part.
** Creator/PaulReubens was supposed to do a cameo in her first movie (returning the favor for her cameo as the Biker Mama in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), but there were scheduling conflicts. conflicts with ''Film/BigTopPeeWee''. In Elvira's Sinema Seance show at 2013's Knott's Scary Farm, Reubens does make a cameo (as a Hannibal Lecter-type).Lecter-type).
** Peterson was making plans for a sequel, and even wrote a script; unfortunately, she sold it to Creator/{{Carolco}}, which went under not long after, taking the rights to the script with them. Another movie, ''Elvira vs. The Vampire Women'', was announced, but contract disputes with Creator/RogerCorman scuttled those plans. She even attempted the sitcom angle, but her attempt in 1993 went unaired by Creator/{{CBS}}.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/PaulReubens was supposed to do a cameo in her first movie (returning the favor for her cameo as the Biker Mama in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), but there were scheduling conflicts. In Elvira's Sinema Seance show at 2013's Knott's Scary Farm, Reubens does make a cameo (as a Hannibal Lecter-type).

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** As part of an unbuilt "Creatures Choice Awards" show for [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney MGM Studios]], Disney planned to have an animatronic Elvira serve as one of the show's presenters alongside its main host "[[Creator/EddieMurphy Eddie Frankenmurphy]]".
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* If anyone is wondering, Elvira's real name is Cassandra Peterson. She's also a mother (to Sadie Peterson).

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* HeyItsThatGuy[=/=]HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent is played by W. Morgan Sheppard (Blank Reg in ''Series/MaxHeadroom'', Lawrence Limburger in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', General Isaac Trimble in ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'', etc.).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens was supposed to do a cameo in her first movie (returning the favor for her cameo as the Biker Mama in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), but there were scheduling conflicts.
** In Elvira's Sinema Seance show at 2013's Knott's Scary Farm, Reubens does make a cameo (as a Hannibal Lecter-type).

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* HeyItsThatGuy[=/=]HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent is played by W. Morgan Sheppard (Blank Reg in ''Series/MaxHeadroom'', Lawrence Limburger in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', General Isaac Trimble in ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'', etc.).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens Creator/PaulReubens was supposed to do a cameo in her first movie (returning the favor for her cameo as the Biker Mama in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), but there were scheduling conflicts.
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conflicts. In Elvira's Sinema Seance show at 2013's Knott's Scary Farm, Reubens does make a cameo (as a Hannibal Lecter-type).
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* HeyItsThatGuy[=/=]HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent is played by W. Morgan Sheppard (Blank Reg in ''Series/MaxHeadroom'', Lawrence Limburger in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', [[Film/{{Gettysburg}} General Isaac Trimble]], etc.).

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* HeyItsThatGuy[=/=]HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent is played by W. Morgan Sheppard (Blank Reg in ''Series/MaxHeadroom'', Lawrence Limburger in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', [[Film/{{Gettysburg}} General Isaac Trimble]], Trimble in ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'', etc.).
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens were supposed to do a cameo, but there were scheduling conflicts.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens were was supposed to do a cameo, cameo in her first movie (returning the favor for her cameo as the Biker Mama in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''), but there were scheduling conflicts.
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* HeyItsThatGuy[=/=]HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent is played by W. Morgan Sheppard (Blank Reg in ''Series/MaxHeadroom'', Lawrence Limburger in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', etc.).

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* HeyItsThatGuy[=/=]HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent is played by W. Morgan Sheppard (Blank Reg in ''Series/MaxHeadroom'', Lawrence Limburger in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', [[Film/{{Gettysburg}} General Isaac Trimble]], etc.).
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* If anyone is wondering, Elvira's real name is Cassandra Peterson. She's also a mother (to Sadie Peterson).
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** In Elvira's Sinema Seance show at 2013's Knott's Scary Farm, Reubens does make a cameo (as a Hannibal Lecter-type).

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent has [[BikerMiceFromMars Limburger's]] voice.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens were supposed to do a cameo, but there were scheduling conflicts.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: HeyItsThatGuy[=/=]HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent has [[BikerMiceFromMars Limburger's]] voice.
is played by W. Morgan Sheppard (Blank Reg in ''Series/MaxHeadroom'', Lawrence Limburger in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', etc.).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens were supposed to do a cameo, but there were scheduling conflicts.conflicts.
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* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: Vincent has [[BikerMiceFromMars Limburger's]] voice.

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* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: HeyItsThatVoice: Vincent has [[BikerMiceFromMars Limburger's]] voice.

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