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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3193
- IMDb #3292
- Rotten Tomatoes #2979
- Letterboxd #1196
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3438
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2925
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 38, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 50, everyone else 69.
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Details
- Director
- James Signorelli
- Writers
- Cassandra Peterson, John Paragon, Sam Egan
- Studio
- New World Pictures, NBC Productions
- Released
- 30 September 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $7.5M
- Box office
- $5.6M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Fantasporto 1990 1990 | Best Film | N/a | Nominee |
| 16th Saturn Awards 1988 | Best Actress | Cassandra Peterson | Nominee |
| 1988 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1988 | Worst Picture | N/a | Nominee |
| 9th Golden Raspberry Awards 1988 | Worst Actress | Cassandra Peterson | Nominee |
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4 awards — Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
×| Best Actress | Cassandra Peterson | Nominee |
| Worst Picture | N/a | Nominee |
| Worst Actress | Cassandra Peterson | Nominee |
| Best Film | N/a | Nominee |