Talk:Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)

Classification of film

I noticed this film is categorized under Category:1980s_horror_films. I find this incorrect, based on several points:

• The definition of a horror film describes such films as "designed to elicit fright, fear, terror, or horror from viewers". Anyone who has seen this beloved movie can clearly attest that this was certainly not the intention. Peterson's Elvira has always been a "comical character" and "quick-witted personality", marked by "campy humor, obvious sex appeal, and good-natured self-mockery."

• In the same Wikipedia article, "Some horror films incorporate elements of other genres such as science fiction, fantasy, mockumentary, black comedy, and thrillers". This is the obverse of what this movie achieved; this was a comedy that incorporated elements of other genres that it was lampooning. Specifically, it parodies everything from "Flashdance" to "The Wizard Of Oz". [1]

• The film itself was marketed as comedy, following the traditional Elvira style. Note the movie poster, which states, "Elvira makes her Big Scream Debut in her Hot New Comedy."

As I'm not a account holder with Wikipedia (I spend quite a bit of time on other MediaWiki projects), I'll leave it to a "regular" to make such a change. But should any discussion be required, I encourage anyone to reference the sources I've mentioned, as well as watching the movie for themselves, before making a decision.

— jF 02:49, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to one external link on Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Please take a moment to review my edit. You may add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it, if I keep adding bad data, but formatting bugs should be reported instead. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether, but should be used as a last resort. I made the following changes:

• Attempted to fix sourcing for http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1988/1988st.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 23:45, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Elvira need a character page

can you make a elvira (character) page like the one you made for freddy krueger or hannibal lecter ?--77.207.75.83 (talk) 13:06, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Renewed interest online

I'm thinking about adding a new section going over the fact that there are a lot of new videos on YouTube where people are watching & reviewing the film. If I add the YouTube links as citations would this count as Original research or not? I'm struggling to find an external source discussing it so I'm not sure how to proceed or even whether I should? Blue-Sonnet (talk) 02:14, 21 October 2023 (UTC)