Hot Shots of the Week: Elvira’s Life in Panties

Last fall, when I stumbled across this W magazine piece on Elvira, AKA Cassandra Peterson, I completely misread it as “Elvira Looks Back at Her Life in PANTIES.” As you might imagine, I got really excited about an in-depth article about Elvira’s panties. That’s the sort of hard-hitting journalism the world needs right now! Sadly, … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Elvira’s Life in Panties →

Favorite Film Posters: Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls

The first of many posts celebrating my favorite film posters. As an artist and a cinephile, I’ve long been enamored with the art of the film poster. I was fortunate to grow up during a golden age for movie posters—the seventies, eighties, and into the nineties, when real, honest-to-goodness artists crafted 27x40 inch masterpieces to … Continue reading Favorite Film Posters: Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls →

Phoebe Does Playboy

In which ours jaws drop and our eyes pop out of our heads, thanks to Phoebe Legere’s (NSFW) 1988 Playboy spread. Earlier this year, I sang the praises of multidisciplinary artist and irresistible sexbomb extraordinaire Phoebe Legere. Specifically, I was slobbering all over Phoebe’s iconic performance as Claire in the first two Toxic Avenger sequels. … Continue reading Phoebe Does Playboy →

Barkin Up the Right Tree

In which we drool all over the smoking hot Ellen Barkin, as Helen Cruger, in Sea of Love. Ellen Barkin in Sea of Love is a mood, if ever there was one. The 1989 erotic-romantic thriller is a favorite of mine that’s always rewarding to revisit, and Barkin’s pure-sex-on-two-legs performance as a seductive femme fatale … Continue reading Barkin Up the Right Tree →

Late Night Memories: Help Me Rhonda

Everyone’s favorite late night date Rhonda Shear didn’t just appear on our TV screens in our homes every Friday night hosting USA Up All Night. No, Rhonda also put her rockin’ body to work modeling, both before and after she shot to fame as the B-movie host with the most. Before Up All Night, Rhonda … Continue reading Late Night Memories: Help Me Rhonda →

The Art of the Ad: It Had to Be Built!

When they named a game after me, it had to be built! Elvira, Mistress of the Dark The list of Elvira merchandise is long and always growing. The Mistress of the Dark has already made a few appearances in this series over the years because, well, who doesn’t want a sexy goth chick with epic … Continue reading The Art of the Ad: It Had to Be Built! →

Lost and Found: There’s Nothing Out There

In which spring breaking college kids—including a bikini babe hall of fame final girl—fight off an alien attack at a remote cabin in the woods. Many have claimed that Rolfe Kanefsky’s 1991 horror comedy There’s Nothing Out There is the first movie to feature the now-trope of the self-aware horror-watching nerd character. Yes, years before … Continue reading Lost and Found: There’s Nothing Out There →