The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to resemble the count's former "missing" wife opens a can of worms or two.
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Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
The mildly crude pun in the title is indicative of the humor contained in this film. The humor relies mostly on corny jokes, slapstick, and jokes about Elvira's chest and sexual appetite. Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) shows off her cleavage and unfortunately her age, reminding me of a combination of Mae West and Cher.Elvira and her traveling companion (Mary Jo Smith) end up in a castle where they pay tribute to a couple of Poe tales. The film is dedicated to Vincent Price who performed those tales rather well. Adrian, The stable man (Gabi Andronache) voice was terribly dubbed as part of the humor.The humor is aimed at male adolescent. I found the humor to be to stale and corny to be funny.Parental Guide: No F-bombs, sex, or nudity. Elvira gets groped a bit.
If you're so inclined, have a sip every time: a lady screams at something - Elvira's breasts are the punchline of a joke - somebody falls down/over - somebody is being overtly dramatic and then abruptly interrupted - you see a deliberately crappy prop or special effectSummarily, the movie is a parody of classic Hammer and Universal films, especially the ones loosely based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. If you liked 'Dracula - Dead and Loving It' and/or the Elvira character, you will also like this. All good fun.
This time, the ever campy Mistress of the Dark has to spend the weekend in a Carpathian castle that appears to be based on every Vincent Price movie. Although it takes place in 1851, the beehive-haired hostess never misses a chance to reference popular culture from a more recent era. Although the production was likely the first time that a number of Romanian citizens learned of Elvira, there's the chance that some of them knew about her in the 1980s: I recently read a New York Times article about someone in Ceaușescu-era Romania who obtained pirated copies of movies from the US and showed them. Most of them were apparently action flicks, but one would hope that Elvira was in there somewhere (understanding that her puns probably wouldn't have translated well into Romanian).The point is, "Elvira's Haunted Hills" is a funny movie, and it's enough to make anyone want to go to Romania. I hear that Dracula's castle is pretty impressive.Deșteaptă-te, române!
As a fan of Cassandra Peterson (and Elvira), I was truly disappointed by this movie. I purchased the DVD with anticipation, having enjoyed the first movie, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. This sequel, or whatever it is supposed to be, was incoherent,the plot was hard to follow and just was NOT funny. I agree with the previous review in that the Elvira character looks a little long in the tooth(pun intended), and has lost some of her vaunted sexuality. This is a major disappointment for fans loyal to Elvira, and I count myself as one of them from the '80's on. I also don't think Elvira needs a flunky or sidekick; that took away from her character. I can now see why no studio, major or minor, would touch this. I feel cheated and ripped-off.