Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)
Movie Info
Watch it now
Cast
as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
as Vladimere Hellsubus
as Ema Hellsubus
as Dr. Bradley Bradley
as Roxana Hellsubus
as Zou Zou
as The English Gentleman
as Maid
as Coachman
as Adrian
as The Butler
as The Innkeeper
as Nicolae Hellsubus
as Emissary
Critic Reviews for Elvira's Haunted Hills
All Critics (11) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)
A sloppy slapstick throwback to long gone bottom-of-the-bill fare like The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.
More entertaining than much of the big-studio schlock out there.
The campy results make Mel Brooks' Borscht Belt schtick look sophisticated.
The thing I appreciated most about this movie was its reverence to horror classics... And it's a great cast. Obviously, Elvira's fun to watch.
The humor is on the anemic side.
Once again, the film isn't all that funny, despite an abundance of one-liners, continual comedic interactions, merry music, and even a song-and-dance number.
Audience Reviews for Elvira's Haunted Hills
Bit late in the day for a sequel isn't it?! the first film came out way back in 88!. Despite the long hiatus Peterson still looks the business I gotta admit. Her two best friends are still big n bold whilst the rest of her still appears to be pretty fit. As for the film, well its a bit of a change of pace from the first. Where as the first was a light-hearted, slightly cheeky, goofy horror which was at least treated like a proper film. This sequel is more like a British 'Carry On' comedy, kinda leaning towards a spoof with cheesy slapstick, cheesy dialog, cheesy sets, hammy acting and of course lots of childish sexual innuendos...what did you expect?. It seems to be a prequel if anything as the film is set in the 18th Century in the Carpathian mountains. Elvira and her maid are running from their landlord trying to skip the bill and get picked by a caddish professor who takes them to the local cursed castle. Whilst there various silly things happen as the plot unravels in a 'who dunnit?' type murder mystery/family curse type of thing. Nothing to do with the first film. Its all very stupid and looks pretty cheap, the only real highlight for me was the rare sight of Richard O'Brien portraying the castles owner Lord Vladimere Hellsubus (great name). Not sure why the cult star has agreed to star in this puerile silliness, I guess a chance to simply let loose and chew up the scenery perhaps. Influenced by Hammer Horror and Roger Corman films yet much much more B-movie-ish. Its still reasonable fun but I guess you gotta like the character of Elvira, mind you if you like trashy horror/spook flicks then this might appeal also. I quite liked it for the atmosphere and outrageous characters, camp fun.
Super Reviewer
The Mistress of the Dark is back for another terrifying adventure in Elvira's Haunted Hills. Set in 1851 Carpathia, cabaret performer Elvira is offered food and shelter at a local castle, but she starts to suspect that something mysterious is going on when she discovers that the lord's dead wife looks exactly like her. The film is basically an homage to the Hammer Horror and Vincent Prince films of the '60s, and on that level it sort of works. However, the performances are rather weak, and Elvira's sass and attitude seem out of place in this setting. The directing is also lackluster and doesn't add much to the material. Elvira's Haunted Hills isn't quite as clever or as fun as the first film, but it tries some interesting things and delivers a few laughs.
Super Reviewer
Elvira's Haunted Hills is a film with an uninspired plot which no amount of cleavage or sexual humor can make up for. In fact, the sexual humor simply worsens the film. I wouldn't recommend this film unless you simply can't get enough of Elvira, and I found out, through this film, that I can.
Super Reviewer
Elvira's Haunted Hills Quotes
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.