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Wednesday 29 April 2015

Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)

For reasons that aren't explained Elvira is in the Carpathian Mountains in the year 1851. Is it a prequel to the previous film? Is she an ancestor? I don’t know, but what becomes clear early on is that part of the reason the other one worked is because it had the gothic beauty in a modern environment. She was an outsider that we could look upon and feel some kind of empathy with. Putting her in a Hammer horror setting means she loses that sense of not-fitting-in and she stands out less. The comedy also suffers. I enjoyed the many references to Roger Corman’s Poe films because I've been on a Poe binge recently, but, ultimately, it’s light on memorable moments.

1½ old habits out of 5

3 comments:

cuckoo said...

Elvira's Haunted "Hills"?

Now are they actually hills or...well...this is Elvira.

Dr Faustus said...

Less dangerous than Elvira's Haunted 'Basement'.

Borderline said...

This movie was a slap in the fave to the first film. There's no way Peterson can be proud of it. I'd give it 0 out of 5. Almost unwatchable.