Post by stefancrosscoe on May 11, 2020 9:23:36 GMT
Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001) by Sam Irvin
I guess this one is not really a "sequel", more just a new kind of movie involving Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) and this time she is back the 1850s, and along with her chamber maid they must stay the night (in fact several) in some creepy old castle, where a bunch rather colorful figures soon appears.
Anyway, I have seen it once before, and, well it was surely not even close of being as funny or charming as the first one, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), who combined sexy slapstick comedy, b-movie charm and I thought Cassandra did a great job, but many years later on, the whole horror-comedy vulgar-sexy slapstick routine has just grown very tiredsome and feels more cheap and annoying, than even coming close to "funny" or entertaining.
How many times can they can the keep on repeating the same "joke", (which was never really funny to begin with) of having Elvira shoving her funbags into other peoples faces, or having them grab a good hold of them, again and again. Well, one scene had a bit of charm "It is a good thing that I come with my own airbags" or something like that, when some creepy Dr. characters stumbles right into her boobies when driving to the gothic castle earlier in the film.
Sadly, it is one very few highlights, as already in the opening scene, the "standard" of comedy has been set, when Elvira and her chamber maid must flea the scene, of some sleazy motel, and the owner surely is wanting his money: "I WANT MY MOOONEY, I WANT MY MONEY!" then this "funny" line or horrible joke, just goes on, forever and I knew then that it was not gonna be a very good movie, and sadly I was right.
But, I do love Elvira, at least the 80s version, but Cassandra sure looks still stunning in this one, and I just wish they hired better writers, but I guess Peterson actually was one of the two who penned down the script, so maybe that was part of the problem.
The positive things, I liked the classic comedy horror gothic look, specially the castle and clothes, hairstyles and the atmosphere (at times), so maybe as I said, if they had got a better script and maybe a little more money/budget behind it, this movie could have been so much better.
4/10