Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson had all kinds of movie ideas that never came to fruition, as the horror legend has now revealed.Speaking about her career with Dread Central, Elvira reflected on the difficulties she had in getting projects greenlit. She recalled how her 1988 film, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, had a troubled release after its distributor went bankrupt two days after the movie’s premiere. Elvira attributes this to the low box office return for the project, which bombed at the time despite the film going on to develop a cult following. That also created a lot of trouble with trying to get another movie made, with Elvira noting, “I couldn’t get another movie made for the life of me because, basically, studios look at the numbers.”With getting more films made, it may not have been just the box office numbers for Elvira: Mistress of the Dark that was hindering the horror icon. Elvira added that she feels like her gender had something to do with it, pointing to Jim Varney’s series of Ernest movies and wondering why it wasn’t quite as easy for her. She explained, “I also think part of it had to do with being a woman. I don’t mean to sound like sour grapes, but being a woman and being a sexy woman … I’m trying to get a movie made, and meanwhile, Ernest Verne was getting one movie made after another. And I couldn’t get anything going at all. So I still look back on it with a little bit of bitterness, I’d say.”Exclusive: David Avallone Takes Elvira on a Journey into Monsterland
Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson had all kinds of movie ideas that never came to fruition, as the horror legend has now revealed.
Speaking about her career with Dread Central, Elvira reflected on the difficulties she had in getting projects greenlit. She recalled how her 1988 film, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, had a troubled release after its distributor went bankrupt two days after the movie’s premiere. Elvira attributes this to the low box office return for the project, which bombed at the time despite the film going on to develop a cult following. That also created a lot of trouble with trying to get another movie made, with Elvira noting, “I couldn’t get another movie made for the life of me because, basically, studios look at the numbers.”
With getting more films made, it may not have been just the box office numbers for Elvira: Mistress of the Dark that was hindering the horror icon. Elvira added that she feels like her gender had something to do with it, pointing to Jim Varney’s series of Ernest movies and wondering why it wasn’t quite as easy for her. She explained, “I also think part of it had to do with being a woman. I don’t mean to sound like sour grapes, but being a woman and being a sexy woman … I’m trying to get a movie made, and meanwhile, Ernest Verne was getting one movie made after another. And I couldn’t get anything going at all. So I still look back on it with a little bit of bitterness, I’d say.”
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