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The following is a list of films that appeared on both ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' and ''Movie Macabre'':
 
The following is a list of films that appeared on both ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' and ''Movie Macabre'':
*''[[The Incredible Melting Man]]''
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*''[[The Incredible Melting Man (film)|The Incredible Melting Man]]''
*''[[The Human Duplicators]]''
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*''[[MST3K 420 - The Human Duplicators|The Human Duplicators]]''
*''[[Village of the Giants]]''
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*''[[MST3K 523 - Village of the Giants|Village of the Giants]]''
*''[[The Giant Gila Monster]]''
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*''[[MST3K 402 - The Giant Gila Monster|The Giant Gila Monster]]''
*''[[The Brain That Wouldn't Die]]''
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*''[[MST3K 513 - The Brain That Wouldn't Die|The Brain That Wouldn't Die]]''
*''[[Eegah]]''
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*''[[Eegah (film)|Eegah]]''
*''[[Teenagers from Outer Space]]''
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*''[[MST3K 404 - Teenagers from Outer Space|Teenagers from Outer Space]]''
*''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]''
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*''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (film)|Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]''
*''[[Tormented]]''
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*''[[MST3K 414 - Tormented|Tormented]]''
*''[[Manos, the Hands of Fate]]''
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*''[[MST3K 424 - "Manos" The Hands of Fate|"Manos" The Hands of Fate]]''
*''[[Hercules and the Captive Women]]''
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*''[[MST3K 412 - Hercules and the Captive Women|Hercules and the Captive Women]]''
 
*''[[MST3K 1010 - It Lives by Night|It Lives by Night]]'' (under its alternate title ''The Bat People'')
 
*''[[MST3K 1010 - It Lives by Night|It Lives by Night]]'' (under its alternate title ''The Bat People'')
Some films featured on Movie Macabre were later used by [[Cinematic Titanic]]. These include ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Legacy_of_Blood Legacy of Blood]'', ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Doomsday_Machine The Doomsday Machine]'', ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/The_Oozing_Skull The Oozing Skull]'' (under its alternate title ''The Creature's Revenge)'' and ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_Castle_of_Freaks Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks]''. Additionally, some films used on Movie Macabre were also used by [[The Film Crew]] (''[[Killers From Space]]''), and [[Rifftrax|RiffTrax]].
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Some films featured on Movie Macabre were later used by [[Cinematic Titanic]]. These include ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Legacy_of_Blood Legacy of Blood]'', ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Doomsday_Machine The Doomsday Machine]'', ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/The_Oozing_Skull The Oozing Skull]'' (under its alternate title ''The Creature's Revenge), [http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Danger_on_Tiki_Island Danger on Tiki Island] ''(under its alternate title ''Island of Living Horror'') and ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_Castle_of_Freaks Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks]''. Additionally, some films used on Movie Macabre have been used by [[The Film Crew]] (''[[Killers From Space]]''), and [[Rifftrax|RiffTrax]].
   
 
==Similar Projects==
 
==Similar Projects==
Starting in the mid-1980s, Elvira provided host segments for a series of home video releases called Thriller Video. The series included ''The Human Duplicators'' and ''[[MST3K 1005 - Blood Waters of Dr. Z|Blood Waters of Dr. Z]]'' (released under the alternate title ''Attack of the Swamp Creatures'').
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Starting in the mid-1980s, Elvira provided host segments for a series of home video releases called Thriller Video. The series included ''The Human Duplicators'' and ''[[MST3K 1005 - Blood Waters of Dr. Z|Blood Waters of Dr. Z]]'' (released under the alternate title ''Attack of the Swamp Creatures''). She later released a similar series called Elvira's Midnight Madness, which included ''[[MST3K 106 - The Crawling Hand|The Crawling Hand]]'', ''The Giant Gila Monster'', ''The Brain That Wouldn't Die'', ''Eegah'', and ''[https://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wasp_Woman The Wasp Woman]''.
   
 
Elvira starred in an annual Halloween-themed live stage show at the Knott's Berry Farm theme park in Buena Park, California until 2017.
 
Elvira starred in an annual Halloween-themed live stage show at the Knott's Berry Farm theme park in Buena Park, California until 2017.
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*During one of the host segments of the KTMA episode [[MST3K K11 - Humanoid Woman|''Humanoid Woman'']], [[Dr. Clayton Forrester|Dr. Forrester]] and [[Dr. Laurence Erhardt|Dr. Erhardt]] are shown admiring a cardboard standee of Elvira.
 
*During one of the host segments of the KTMA episode [[MST3K K11 - Humanoid Woman|''Humanoid Woman'']], [[Dr. Clayton Forrester|Dr. Forrester]] and [[Dr. Laurence Erhardt|Dr. Erhardt]] are shown admiring a cardboard standee of Elvira.
 
*A storyline that appeared in ''Elvira Comics'' in 1994-95 featured characters that were analogues of [[Joel Robinson]], [[Tom Servo]] and [[Crow T. Robot]]. They had been lured into a trap along with several other television movie hosts and were rescued by Elvira.
 
*A storyline that appeared in ''Elvira Comics'' in 1994-95 featured characters that were analogues of [[Joel Robinson]], [[Tom Servo]] and [[Crow T. Robot]]. They had been lured into a trap along with several other television movie hosts and were rescued by Elvira.
*In 1995, [[Frank Conniff]] co-wrote the prime time TV special ''[[Attack of the Killer B Movies]]'', which starred Elvira. The 2-hour special featured heavily edited versions of the films ''[[The Wasp Woman]]'' (which had also been colorized), ''[[Killers From Space]]'' (also colorized), ''Monster from the Green Hell'', and ''The Navy vs. the Night Monsters'' (starring [[Mamie Van Doren]]).
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*In 1995, [[Frank Conniff]] wrote the prime time TV special ''[[Attack of the Killer B Movies]]'', which starred Elvira. The 2-hour special featured heavily edited versions of the films ''The Wasp Woman'' (which had also been colorized), ''[[Killers From Space]]'' (also colorized), ''[[Monster from Green Hell]]'', and ''[[The Navy vs. the Night Monsters]]'' (starring [[Mamie Van Doren]]).
* Elvira appeared as a guest on an episode of "''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''".
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* Elvira appeared as a guest on an episode of ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''.
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* In 1984, Elvira appeared (in character) in an episode of the TV action/adventure series ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_Guy The Fall Guy]'' starring [[Lee Majors]]. The episode was entitled "October the 31st" (also the original airdate), and featured [[John Carradine]], his son [[David Carradine|David]], and [[Doug McClure]]. Elvira and McClure reprised their roles in another episode the following October.
* Frank Conniff made a passing reference to Elvira during the [[Cinematic Titanic]] presentation of ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Blood_of_the_Vampires Blood of the Vampires]''.
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* Frank Conniff made a passing reference to Elvira during the [[Cinematic Titanic]] presentation of ''[http://cinematictitanic.wikia.com/wiki/Blood_of_the_Vampires Blood of the Vampires]''. She was also referred to during one of the riffs made during the opening credits sequence of the [[RiffTrax]] of [https://rifftrax.fandom.com/wiki/Fangs_of_the_Living_Dead ''Fangs of the Living Dead''].
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* Some episodes of ''Movie Macabre'' from the 1980s are available to stream for free at [http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/elvira-s-movie-macabre shoutfactorytv.com], which also offers a large selection of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' episodes.
 
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Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark is a popular figure in American culture that has appeared in a variety of media since the early 1980s. She is portrayed by Cassandra Peterson.

Elvira is known for her high beehive hairdo, complex eye makeup, revealing dress & curvaceous figure, and propensity for corny jokes.

Movie Macabre

In 1981, Elvira debuted as the host of Movie Macabre, a late-night television program that showed "scary" movies. It was originally intended to revive the character Vampira, but Vampira's creator/performer Maila Nurmi left the project over creative differences.

Like Mystery Science Theater 3000, Movie Macabre featured host segments consisting of short sketches. Elvira would occasionally interrupt the movie, appearing on screen to make a short joke, though this did not constitute a running commentary such as on MST3K.

Movie Macabre ran from 1981 until 1986. It was eventually syndicated across the United States, and was re-run frequently. Episodes were also released on home video.

Movie Macabre was revived in 2010 with a 20-episode production run. Some of the films were re-used from the original run with new material produced.

The following is a list of films that appeared on both Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Movie Macabre:

Some films featured on Movie Macabre were later used by Cinematic Titanic. These include Legacy of Blood, The Doomsday Machine, The Oozing Skull (under its alternate title The Creature's Revenge), Danger on Tiki Island (under its alternate title Island of Living Horror) and Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks. Additionally, some films used on Movie Macabre have been used by The Film Crew (Killers From Space), and RiffTrax.

Similar Projects

Starting in the mid-1980s, Elvira provided host segments for a series of home video releases called Thriller Video. The series included The Human Duplicators and Blood Waters of Dr. Z (released under the alternate title Attack of the Swamp Creatures). She later released a similar series called Elvira's Midnight Madness, which included The Crawling Hand, The Giant Gila Monster, The Brain That Wouldn't Die, Eegah, and The Wasp Woman.

Elvira starred in an annual Halloween-themed live stage show at the Knott's Berry Farm theme park in Buena Park, California until 2017.

In 2014, a new series of 13 episodes was produced for the on-line streaming service Hulu, which were made available over the last 13 days of October in an event called "Thirteen Nights of Elvira". One of the films selected was Hobgoblins.

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