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Horror movies deserve their own separate rating scale than "regular' movies. This was a good 7 for me. If you like comedy, horror or Elvira, any of those will get you in the door. Cassandra Peterson is a scream. The movie is dedicated to Vincent Price and his gothic Poe movies, it also owes lots to Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Scarey Movie series, and all obvious horror flik clichés. Sexy, clever, silly, farcical, never missing an opportunity for a gag, and like I said, Elvira has incomparable assets. The production values are as good as necessary for a spoof of gothic, dark, shadowy flicks.

I first saw this when I was about 14 and I immediately felt it was one of the best horror movies I had ever seen! Forget that- I thought it was one of the best MOVIES I had ever seen. I saw it again at around 50 and couldn't believe I felt that way! But I do recall that I totally related to the "angst" and mental torment Michael Landon's character expressed- the alienation from everyone, especially parents and older people, the intensity, loneliness and longing for...something. Landon's moodiness and range in something other than "Little Joe" or "Little House on the Prarie" romanticized optimism roles showed he had more to offer than we typically saw. It definitely was one of the best of the "I was a teenage..." genre.