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Elvira's House of Horrors backglass

Also known as E:HoH

2019–2023 · Stern

Elvira's House of Horrors

Known for House, Garage, Trunk and Crypt. Purple night sky, large pale full moon, grey timber haunted house with lit yellow windows, graveyard with headstones and a wrought-iron gate and cobbled ground.

Years
2019–2023
Maker
Stern
Type
Solid state
Display
LCD screen
Players
4

Known for

  • Toy

    House

  • Lock

    Garage

  • Target

    Trunk

  • scoop

    Crypt

  • Goal

    Haunts

  • haunt

    The Werewolf of Washington

  • Multiball

    Wild Women Multiball

  • Wizard mode

    House Party

6 games under this title

On the playfield

  • red
  • purple
  • yellow
  • green
Elvira's House of Horrors playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 1 spinner
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Toys 2

  • House
  • Turret

Holes 3

  • Crypt scoop
  • Cellar
  • Back Door

Lock 1

  • Garage

Targets 2

  • Trunk
  • Hand of Fate

Lanes 2

  • Dead End
  • Return

Control 1

  • Atomic Raygun button

On the backglass

  • purple
  • black
  • orange
  • red
Elvira's House of Horrors backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Large portrait on the right: black bouffant beehive hair, wide eyes, open mouth, hand raised to cheek, plunging black low-cut dress, studded bracelet
  • woman Face set inside the zero of the 40 logo, black spiky hair, red lips, mouth open
  • woman Pale figure at centre in a torn dark dress, arms raised, being dragged by chains
  • monster Green glowing-eyed creature on the house roof breathing yellow-green flame
  • man Skull-faced grinning man in a red coat and wide-brimmed hat at the right edge
  • creature Greenish hunched skeletal figure near the gate at right

Setting

  • Purple night sky
  • Large pale full moon
  • Grey timber haunted house with lit yellow windows
  • Graveyard with headstones and a wrought-iron gate
  • Cobbled ground

Text on it

  • ELVIRAS
  • HOUSE OF HORRORS
  • ELVIRA
  • 40
  • YEARS

How it plays

  1. The plunge 1

    • Back Door skill shot
  2. Modes 13

    Haunts

    • Night of the Living Dead
    • Teenagers from Outer Space
    • The Brain That Wouldn't Die
    • The Manster
    • Manos: The Hands of Fate
    • The Werewolf of Washington
    • Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
    • The Giant Gila Monster
    • The Satanic Rites of Dracula
    • Eegah

    Other modes

    • Trailer Trash
    • Gappa Angry!
    • Gar-Goils Gone Wild
  3. Multiballs 3

    • Wild Women Multiball
    • Trunk Multiball
    • Phone-A-Fiend Multiball
  4. Goals 5

    • Haunts
    • Freak Fryer
    • Deadheads
    • B-Restorator
    • Skeleton Key
  5. Awards 2

    • Super Head Shot
    • Super Party Jackpot
  6. Wizard modes 4

    • House Party
    • They Came From Space
    • Director's Cut
    • Wild Market Value

Made by

Design
Dennis Nordman
Art
Greg Freres
Mechanics
Tom Kopera
Software
Lyman F. Sheats Jr.
Sound & Music
Jerry Thompson

The cast

  • Elvira
  • Ghouls
  • Gar-Goils

Reference

Linked terms
  • House also called House Entrance
  • Trunk also called Trunk bank
  • Crypt also called Deadhead Family Crypt
  • Return also called Wheel Return
  • The Werewolf of Washington also called Werewolf
  • The Satanic Rites of Dracula also called Dracula
  • Wild Women Multiball also called Garage Multiball also called Wild Women
  • Trunk Multiball also called Junk In The Trunk
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Elvira's House of Horrors playfield

Playfield Premium

  • red
  • purple
  • yellow
  • green

Fingerprint: Enormous blood-smeared gargoyle statues crouching on brick pillars flanking green CHOPPER CLEANER garage-door sign, giant pale disembodied hand reaching in from upper right, whole band of fat green snakes with open jaws winding across red lower playfield, traffic-cone-shaped lamp inserts scattered across field

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the pair of huge snarling gargoyle statues in purple-grey stone that crouch on brick pillars on either side of the central green CHOPPER CLEANER garage-door sign, flanking the PLEASE 1 / PLEASE 2 / PLEASE 3 lit windows. Second is the giant pale disembodied hand reaching in from the upper right over the crooked haunted village of leaning red houses and a bare windmill. Third, a whole band of fat green snakes with open jaws and forked tongues winding across the red lower playfield, two of them clamped onto human figures. Fourth, the traffic-cone-shaped lamp inserts - cream cones with bright red or orange glowing tips - scattered all over the field like a dozen little flames.

Setting

  • Crooked storybook village of leaning wooden houses in the upper playfield
  • Bare windmill silhouette against a dark night sky
  • Haunted wooden cabin and swamp at the upper right
  • Brick pillars and garage frontage across the middle
  • Red and purple cavern-like lower playfield with snake motifs

Symbols

  • Green cartoon eyeball lamps
  • Traffic-cone-shaped lamp inserts
  • Circular bumpers in yellow, orange and green rings
  • White bumper circles
  • Yellow lightning-bolt multiplier medallions
  • Radial yellow arrow signposts
  • Red round plastic inserts
  • Qr code sticker
  • Round yellow medallions with black insect or bat motifs
  • Green rectangular lit inserts

Notable shapes

  • Two symmetrical gargoyle statues on brick pillars flanking the centre
  • Traffic-cone lamp inserts scattered across the field
  • A red and yellow rotary alarm wheel in the lower centre
  • A green garage-door sign with three lit windows at mid-field
  • A yellow oil-derrick tower rising up the centre line
  • A sunburst speech bubble reading garpa raycry
  • A triangular array of yellow directional arrow signposts

Art motifs

  • Leaning crooked houses with lit windows
  • Windmill blades
  • Spinning wheel and webs
  • Brickwork and timber shutters
  • Ghoulish grinning faces
  • Scream burst starbursts
  • Crawling snakes
  • Spider webs in the corners
  • Electricity and lightning
  • Oil derrick tower

Themes

  • Haunted house
  • Ghostly
  • Monsters
  • Village
  • Cartoon grotesque
  • Gothic horror

Title on it

  • Elvis house of terror

Text on it

  • FREAK FRYER
  • GARPA RAYCRY
  • CHOPPER CLEANER
  • PLEASE 1
  • PLEASE 2
  • PLEASE 3
  • LUBE-OIL CHECK
  • OH SHIT COME HIT
  • PLAY FOR THREE LIVES
  • SCREAM TEST
  • HANG OUT BEFORE
  • COCKTAIL
  • 3.0
  • 2.5
  • 2.0
  • 1.5
  • 1.0
  • 2X
  • 4X
  • 36
  • 24
  • ELVIS
  • HOUSE OF TERROR
  • PRESS BUTTON TO START GAME
  • STAY LOOSE
  • ELVIS HOUSE OF TERROR
  • DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONS
  • WARNING
  • SHUT ALARM
  • THE END
  • OR IS IT???
  • USE YOUR QR CODE!
  • INSIDE
  • $1.00 =
  • X1
  • SCAN THIS CODE TO REPORT ISSUES
  • CUTTERS YIN POLYBOURS OF MORBID & NASTY...
  • TRY TO FILL FLUMES FROM VISCIOUS CAKE
Pop bumpers
A cluster of round white pop bumper caps in yellow, orange and green illuminated rings occupying the upper centre, roughly four to six of them in a staggered column.
Spinners
One round spinner disc set into the lower centre, coloured red and yellow with shut alarm printed across it.
Drop targets
A bank of three rectangular drop targets on the central garage door sign, reading please 1, please 2 and please 3, lit from behind.
Ramps
Two broad wireform ramps with purple and teal snake-printed plastics descending from the upper mid field to the lower left and lower right, plus a pair of slingshot-shaped steel wire guides beside the flippers.
Slingshots
Two triangular steel slingshots flanking the lower centre, their plastics printed with purple snake coils.
Upper playfield
A recessed upper area behind glass with a full three-dimensional haunted village - crooked houses with glowing windows, a windmill, a small bridge and a swampy cabin - bathed in deep red and green led light, with a large pale hand sculpture reaching in from the right.
Apron and lower playfield
A grey-speckled lower apron with a round chrome lock in the centre. the playfield carries a large black instruction card headed digital instructions, a red and yellow house of terror logo sticker with a white ghost, a red arrow sticker reading press button to start game, a yellow warning label, and a large bright yellow qr code sticker reading $1.00 = x1 and scan this code to report issues with a red insert word inside the code.
Who and what
Kind Description
Creature Two enormous purple-grey gargoyle or demon statues with black wings, snarling open mouths and clawed feet, crouching symmetrically on brick pillars either side of the central garage sign
Other One giant pale disembodied human hand and forearm reaching into the upper right of the playfield over the village
Creature Two fat green serpents with pale bellies and forked red tongues on the lower playfield, each with jaws clamped on a small human figure
Animal A thick yellow snake coiled in an s-curve on the lower left, head raised
Monster A red-eyed green cyclops or one-eyed monster head at the lower left edge of the playfield
Woman A dark-haired woman in a pale dress on the right side near the upper-mid area, partially visible beside a spinning wheel
Man A grinning cartoon man with dark hair and wide open mouth peeking out near the freak fryer tower and the garpa raycry sunburst
Man A grinning man with a brown pompadour at the centre-left, arms spread
Other A white four-fingered cartoon glove hand with a red cuff gesturing beside the yellow sunburst speech blob
Full description

Illuminated pinball playfield, shot from directly above at a slight angle, glass reflecting room lights and red LED glow. Upper third is a gloomy storybook village of crooked, leaning wooden houses in dusty reds, browns and slate blue, with a bare windmill silhouette, small lit windows, and a giant pale hand reaching in from the right. Down the centre runs a yellow-framed oil-derrick tower marked FREAK FRYER, flanked by white circular bumpers in yellow, orange and green rings, cone-shaped lamp inserts painted like red-topped traffic cones, and green cartoon eyeball lamps. A yellow sunburst speech blob reads GARPA RAYCRY, with a white-gloved cartoon hand nearby. The middle is dominated by a green-shuttered garage door sign reading CHOPPER CLEANER, its three lit windows saying PLEASE 1, PLEASE 2, PLEASE 3, flanked by two enormous purple-grey gargoyle or demon statues crouching on brick pillars. Lower playfield is hot red with purple and teal snake-like ramps, two large green serpents each swallowing or biting a figure, a yellow rubber snake curled on the left, and a red rotary wheel marked SHUT ALARM. The apron carries a yellow digital-instruction card, a bright yellow QR code sticker reading $1.00 = X1, and a red-and-yellow HOUSE OF TERROR logo.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Elvira's House of Horrors backglass

Backglass 40th Anniversary

  • purple
  • black
  • orange
  • red

Fingerprint: ELVIRAS HOUSE OF HORRORS in orange-yellow letters over full moon with black bat, giant 40 anniversary badge, black-haired beehive woman's portrait on right, green flame-breathing monster on haunted house roof, Santa on roof edge, woman dragged by chains, race car, motorcycle, flying saucer

Distinctive

A giant anniversary 40 badge with a screaming black-haired woman's face set inside the zero, paired with an even larger full-length portrait of the same beehive-haired woman on the right. The words ELVIRAS HOUSE OF HORRORS slanted across a full moon with a bat on it. A green flame-breathing creature perched on the roof of a grey haunted house, with a Santa figure standing beside it. A chain-drag scene at centre showing a woman in a torn dress hauled towards the house.

Setting

  • Purple night sky
  • Large pale full moon
  • Grey timber haunted house with lit yellow windows
  • Graveyard with headstones and a wrought-iron gate
  • Cobbled ground

Symbols

  • Full moon
  • Black bat silhouette
  • Flames
  • Axe
  • Chains
  • Gravestones
  • Wrought-iron gate
  • Glowing yellow-lit windows

Lettering

  • Large slanted block capitals with black outline and red drop shadow for the title; anniversary numerals in red with gold and purple keylines, plus 3d extruded white-to-lavender lettering

Themes

  • Horror
  • Haunted house
  • Anniversary
  • Comedy horror
  • Graveyard

Title on it

  • Elviras house of horrors

Text on it

  • ELVIRAS
  • HOUSE OF HORRORS
  • ELVIRA
  • 40
  • YEARS
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Large portrait on the right: black bouffant beehive hair, wide eyes, open mouth, hand raised to cheek, plunging black low-cut dress, studded bracelet
Woman Face set inside the zero of the 40 logo, black spiky hair, red lips, mouth open
Woman Pale figure at centre in a torn dark dress, arms raised, being dragged by chains
Monster Green glowing-eyed creature on the house roof breathing yellow-green flame
Man Skull-faced grinning man in a red coat and wide-brimmed hat at the right edge
Creature Greenish hunched skeletal figure near the gate at right
Other Figure in a red and white santa suit standing on the roof edge, outlined in green light
Vehicle Red open-wheel race car with visible driver and roll hoop at lower left
Vehicle Purple flying saucer / rocket-shaped craft at upper right
Other Motorcycle with rider near the lower left behind the logo
Full description

A busy commemorative horror-comedy illustration on a purple night-sky background. Top left, huge orange-and-yellow gradient block letters with a heavy black outline and a red drop shadow spell ELVIRAS, with HOUSE OF HORRORS in smaller yellow capitals on a black band beneath, both tilted and layered over a large pale full moon with a black bat silhouetted on it. Left of centre and lower centre is an anniversary badge: ELVIRA in white-to-lavender 3D letters above a very large red numeral 40 outlined in gold and purple, with a black-haired woman's face inside the zero and YEARS in white letters below. On the right, a large portrait of a black-haired woman with towering beehive hair, wide eyes and open mouth, one hand to her cheek, wearing a plunging black low-cut dress and studded bracelet. Behind her a grey haunted wooden house with lit yellow windows, a fire axe buried in the wall, a green flame-breathing monster on the roof, and a Santa figure on the roof edge. Around the edges: a red open-wheel race car with a driver at lower left, a motorcycle, a purple flying saucer at upper right, gravestones, a wrought-iron gate, chains, a pale female figure in a torn dress dragged by chains at centre, and a man in a red coat and broad hat at right. Airbrushed comic-book style in purple, black, orange and red.

Elvira's House of Horrors backglass

Backglass LE

  • purple
  • black
  • red
  • green

Fingerprint: elviras house of horrors title, towering pale vampire-countess with black bouffant hair and terrified open mouth in black gown, curved red-and-green ELVIRAS logo over purple moonlit sky with bat and full moon, DEADHEAD FAMILY CRYPT stone structure with green snake-limbed monster, Egyptian skull decorations, red hot-rod, purple dinosaur, robot, giant wasp, haunted house, airbrushed comic style, purple and black palette

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the enormous pale vampire-countess figure in the right foreground: towering black bouffant hair, terrified open-mouthed expression, plunging black gown with a beaded bracelet, hand raised beside her cheek. Second, the curved red-and-green ELVIRAS logo arcing across a purple moonlit sky with a black bat silhouetted over the full moon. Third, a stone Egyptian crypt on the right with skulls on its roof and a wooden sign reading DEADHEAD FAMILY CRYPT, guarded by a green snake-limbed monster with a yellow bird head. Fourth, a crowded left-hand menagerie of a red hot-rod car, a purple dinosaur, a boxy robot and a giant flying wasp against the gabled, lit-up haunted house.

Setting

  • Swirling purple night sky
  • Pale full moon
  • Gothic timber-framed haunted house with lit yellow windows
  • Bare twisted dead trees
  • Egyptian-style stone crypt with pyramid top
  • Picket fence

Symbols

  • Black bat silhouette
  • Full moon
  • Egyptian pyramid
  • Skulls
  • Flying saucer
  • Giant wasp
  • Vintage car
  • Picket fence

Lettering

  • Curved red block capitals with green outline and black drop shadow for the main title; smaller straight red capitals on a black banner with white outline for the subtitle

Themes

  • Horror
  • Vampire
  • Comedy horror
  • Haunted house
  • Egyptian crypt
  • Monster mash

Title on it

  • Elviras house of horrors

Text on it

  • ELVIRAS
  • HOUSE OF HORRORS
  • DEADHEAD
  • FAMILY CRYPT
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Dominant right foreground, pale skin, enormous teased black bouffant hair, heavy dark eye makeup and arched brows, mouth open showing teeth, wearing a plunging black low-cut gown with studded cuffs; one hand splayed beside her face, other arm extended left with long black fingernails
Man Centre foreground, scarecrow-like middle-aged man with dark hair and stubble, mouth open, wearing a torn open pale shirt and dark jeans, right arm flung upward, other arm outstretched
Monster Right side, tall green snake-like coiled body with clawed limbs and a yellow bird-like head with a red eye and orange beak
Monster Left side, large purple dinosaur/reptile head with open toothed jaw facing right
Robot Left side, small boxy grey robot with a square riveted head, two antennae and round eyes
Vehicle Left side, bright red vintage 1930s-style racing hot rod with chrome grille, white-wall tyres and open cockpit
Animal Left-centre, large flying wasp with blurred wings and striped abdomen
Other Upper centre, jolly santa claus figure in red suit standing on the house roof, holding a sack
Vehicle Upper centre, black flying saucer hovering behind the roof
Skeleton Right side, several skulls perched on top of the stone crypt structure
Man Far right edge, bearded man in a tan hat and red shirt, partially cut off
Full description

A wide horror-comedy backglass painted in airbrushed comic style. Upper left carries a huge curved red block-letter logo with a green outline and black drop shadow reading ELVIRAS, with HOUSE OF HORRORS in smaller red capitals beneath it on a white-outlined black banner, all set against a swirling purple night sky with a pale full moon and a black bat silhouette. Upper right-centre is a dark grey timber-framed Victorian house with steep gables and glowing yellow windows; a jolly Santa figure stands on one roof edge, a black UFO and a yellow flame sit behind it. Centre foreground is a scarecrow-like man in a torn open shirt and jeans with one arm flung up, mouth open. The dominant foreground figure is a large pale-skinned woman with towering teased black hair, heavy eye makeup, arched brows, mouth open showing teeth, in a plunging black low-cut gown with beaded cuffs, her hand splayed beside her face. Left side has a bright red vintage racing car with white-wall tyres, a purple dinosaur head, a boxy grey robot, and a giant wasp. Right side shows a green snake-limbed creature with a yellow bird head beside an Egyptian-style stone crypt, plus a bare twisted tree and a bearded man in a hat at the far edge.

Elvira's House of Horrors backglass

Backglass Premium

  • purple
  • black
  • red
  • green

Fingerprint: "ELVIRAS HOUSE OF HORRORS": enormous pale witch with towering blue-streaked black hair and purple eye-shadow, zombie butler with torn shirt, skeleton driving red roadster, cemetery gate "DEADHEAD SKULL CRYPT"

Distinctive

The enormous pale witch with towering blue-streaked black hair, purple eye-shadow and a gaping mouth, filling the entire right half of the glass. The title 'ELVIRAS' in giant red letters with a heavy black keyline, backed by a full moon and a bat silhouette. A rotting zombie butler with a torn white shirt stands centre-frame with arms flung wide behind a picket fence. A wrought-iron cemetery gate plaque reading 'DEADHEAD SKULL CRYPT' with a green duck-billed monster head mounted above it. A skeleton grinning at the wheel of a bright red open-top vintage roadster on the left.

Setting

  • Purple night sky with a full white moon and a black bat
  • Crooked leaning victorian house with lit yellow windows
  • White picket fence across the foreground
  • Wrought-iron cemetery gate and green misty graveyard
  • Swampy green water and dead trees at the right

Symbols

  • Full moon
  • Black bat silhouette
  • White picket fence
  • Flaming torch
  • Pitchfork
  • Vintage roadster car
  • Cemetery gate with skull plaque
  • Lit yellow windows
  • Giant flying insect
  • Dinosaur head

Lettering

  • Huge red block capitals with a thick black keyline and thin white bevel, slanted, the subtitle in smaller red capitals outlined in black

Themes

  • Haunted house
  • Witch
  • Undead
  • Graveyard
  • Scarecrows
  • Gothic horror
  • Monster carnival

Title on it

  • Elviras house of horrors

Text on it

  • ELVIRAS
  • HOUSE OF HORRORS
  • DEADHEAD
  • SKULL CRYPT
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Giant pale-skinned witch filling the right half, towering teased black hair with blue-green streaks, heavy purple eye-shadow, blue eyes, mouth open showing red tongue, long black fingernails, clawed hand raised to cheek, studded black wristband, low-cut black dress
Skeleton Skull and white bones grinning at the wheel of a red open-top vintage roadster at lower left, wearing a green patterned shirt
Other Bespectacled scarecrow in a long dark green coat, orange shirt, wild grey hair, arms outstretched, standing centre-left
Monster Tall gaunt zombie butler in torn white shirt and black trousers, arms spread wide, open shouting mouth, centre of glass behind the fence
Other Scarecrow in straw hat, red shirt, brown coat and gloves holding a pitchfork at the far right
Creature Green-faced witch figure in green robes standing on the roof beside a flaming orange torch
Creature Green duck-billed monster head on a pole above the cemetery gate, plus a second duck-headed creature in a red sweater behind the roofline
Animal Huge purple dinosaur head with open jaw and sharp teeth at the far left edge
Other Red-and-white santa figure standing in the roof gutter at top right
Creature Green ghost riding a bicycle at the lower right, translucent pale green
Animal Giant flying insect with iridescent wings and dangling legs near the subtitle, and a small fly on the house wall
Full description

A wide comic-book illustrated horror scene, hand-inked with heavy black outlines and airbrushed shading. Top left, a huge red block-letter logo with black keyline and white bevel reads 'ELVIRAS' with the smaller subtitle 'HOUSE OF HORRORS' beneath it, set against a purple sky with a full white moon and a black bat silhouette. The right half is dominated by a huge pale-skinned woman with towering teased black hair streaked with blue-green, heavy purple eye-shadow, wide open mouth with red lips and tongue showing, one clawed hand raised beside her cheek, wearing a low-cut black dress and studded wristband. Centre, a tall gaunt zombie butler in a torn white shirt and black trousers looms with arms spread over a white picket fence. Left, a red open-top vintage roadster with a grinning skeleton driver, and a bespectacled scarecrow in a dark coat standing centre-left. Behind them stands a leaning crooked Victorian house with lit yellow windows, a flaming torch on the roof, a green-faced witch figure, a duck-headed monster, a Santa figure in the roof gutter, and a huge purple dinosaur head. Right of centre a wrought-iron cemetery gate reads 'DEADHEAD SKULL CRYPT' with a duck-billed green monster head on a pole above it, a scarecrow in a straw hat and red shirt at the far right, and a green ghost on a bicycle at the lower right.

Elvira's House of Horrors backglass

Backglass Signature

  • black
  • purple
  • yellow
  • red

Fingerprint: Enormous pale woman with black beehive coiffure and wide open mouth, knife tucked in black dress at hip, fanged green-faced man in torn suit lunging with extended hand, wild-haired man swinging axe in blood-stained white shirt, ELVIRAS HOUSE OF HORRORS title in blood-red capitals, haunted house with lit windows, graveyard tombstones

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the enormous pale woman on the right with a black beehive coiffure, wide eyes, open mouth and a knife tucked into her black dress at the hip. Second is the paired male attackers: a fanged green-faced man in a tattered black suit lunging with one hand extended, and a wild-haired man swinging an axe overhead in a blood-spattered white shirt. Third is the cluttered horror collage around them, including a red open-top car with a green driver, a giant mallet and a purple dinosaur head. Fourth is the loud yellow-and-red real-estate style sign planted in the graveyard at bottom left.

Setting

  • Haunted victorian house with turret
  • Graveyard with leaning tombstones
  • Purple stormy night sky
  • Bare twisted trees at right
  • Full moon behind the title

Symbols

  • Axe
  • Giant mallet
  • Graveyard tombstones
  • Haunted house with lit windows
  • Vintage car
  • Beetle
  • Dinosaur head
  • Knife
  • Full moon
  • Bats

Lettering

  • Large comic-book display capitals, red fill with cream and yellow keyline, house of horrors in smaller matching caps below

Themes

  • Horror
  • Haunted house
  • Zombies
  • Graveyard
  • Sorcery
  • Monster horror
  • Occult

Title on it

  • Elviras house of horrors

Text on it

  • ELVIRAS
  • HOUSE OF HORRORS
  • ALTERNATE REALITY
  • FOR
  • HAVE YOUR FREE
  • SALE
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Pale-skinned adult woman, enormous black bouffant hair, heavy pale eye shadow, wide staring eyes, open mouth, low-cut black dress, studded bracelet, red-handled knife at waistband, one hand raised splayed beside her face
Man Green-skinned snarling man in torn black suit, fanged, lunging forward with one arm outstretched
Man Gaunt wild brown-haired man in blood-stained white shirt, arm raised holding an axe
Man Zombie-like man at right edge in red shirt, tan hat and long brown coat
Man Green-skinned driver seated in a red open-top vintage car at left
Other Small dwarf figure in red hat and tunic standing on the house roof
Creature Large purple dinosaur or reptile head with open jaws at far left
Animal Huge green beetle/insect with spread legs near the top centre
Creature Pink and black salamander-like creature at lower centre
Creature Small green winged lizard or dragon at top right of the house roof
Creature Thin flying insect or pterodactyl near the title at left
Full description

A wide painted backglass in a comic-book horror style. Top left carries the title ELVIRAS in chunky blood-red capitals with a thick cream and yellow outline, HOUSE OF HORRORS in smaller yellow-outlined red capitals beneath it. Dominating the right half is a pale-skinned woman with towering black bouffant hair, heavy pale-blue eye shadow, wide staring eyes and open mouth, wearing a plunging low-cut black dress with a studded black bracelet and a small red-handled knife tucked at her waist; she holds one splayed hand up beside her face. Left of her, a snarling green-skinned man in a torn black suit lunges forward, and behind him a gaunt brown-haired man in a blood-stained white shirt swings a raised axe over his head. Behind the pair stands a dark green-gold haunted house with lit yellow windows and a turret, flanked by a giant purple dinosaur head at far left, a red open-top vintage car with a green-skinned driver, a floating giant mallet, a giant beetle, a pink salamander-like creature, a dwarf in a red hat on the roof, and a zombie-like man in a red shirt, tan hat and long coat at the right edge. A graveyard of leaning tombstones crosses the lower left, with a yellow-and-red sale sign in front. Dominant colours: black, purple, yellow, red.

Elvira's House of Horrors backglass

Backglass Blood Red Kiss

  • red
  • black
  • white
  • grey

Fingerprint: elviras house of horror, enormous screaming red-haired vampire bride in torn red dress rendered full color while entire haunted suburban street behind greyscale, very large red three-dimensional block-letter logo thick white black outline stacked top left over black splattered background, crowd of classic black-white horror characters packed into greyscale street, shambling zombie reaching forward wolf snake bat, estate-agent gag bottom left FOR SALE sign next to red circular lips seal, comic-book airbrushed horror style

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the enormous screaming red-haired vampire bride in a torn red dress, rendered in full colour while the entire haunted suburban street behind her is greyscale, so she appears to burst out of the artwork. Second, the very large red three-dimensional block-letter logo with a thick white and black outline stacked in the top left corner over a black splattered background. Third, the crowd of classic black-and-white horror characters packed into the greyscale street, including a shambling robed zombie reaching forward, a wolf, a snake and a bat. Fourth, the estate-agent gag at bottom left: a white sign reading ALTERNATE REALITY / FOR SALE next to a red circular seal of lips stamped LICENSED BY / H&S EDITION.

Setting

  • Black suburban street of leaning victorian wooden houses with lit windows
  • Gravestone with rip
  • Fog and smoke
  • Bare trees and fence at the left edge
  • Cobbled ground

Symbols

  • Gravestone
  • Rip inscription
  • Bat
  • Spider
  • Snake
  • Wolf
  • Scarecrow
  • Goggled cyclops
  • Lips in a circular seal
  • Estate-agent for sale sign
  • Lit house windows
  • Vintage car

Lettering

  • Very large red capital block letters with heavy black and white outlines and a slight three-dimensional bevel, stacked on a black paint-splatter patch; tagline below in smaller condensed red capitals with white outline

Themes

  • Horror
  • Vampire
  • Haunted suburb
  • Monster horde
  • Estate sale gag
  • Comic book

Title on it

  • Elviras house of horror

Text on it

  • ELVIRAS
  • HOUSE OF HORROR
  • ALTERNATE REALITY
  • FOR SALE
  • ghost realty
  • LICENSED BY
  • H&S EDITION
  • RIP
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Foreground right of centre, pale skin, huge teased black hair with blue highlights, purple eyeshadow, pink lips, mouth open screaming, hands raised with long red nails, deep red velvet low-cut dress with torn ragged bell sleeves, black studded belt with silver buckle, chunky bracelet
Monster Greyscale shambling zombie in a dark hooded robe at centre left, arms outstretched towards the woman, ghoulish face
Alien Small goggled one-eyed creature with big round spectacles at centre left
Animal Black bat in flight near the top left of the street
Animal Large dark spider with spread legs on the left side
Creature Wolf standing at the left, facing right
Creature Coiled snake on the cobbles at bottom centre
Creature Mummy-like bandaged figure among the houses
Other Scarecrow figure with a straw head
Vehicle Vintage saloon car at the left with a ghoulish driver
Other Gravestone slab inscribed rip behind the woman at the right
Other Small bat-eared winged figure near bottom centre
Other Cluster of small hooded and monster figures peering along the top border above the houses
Full description

Comic-book painted horror backglass. Foreground right of centre is a large pale-skinned woman with towering teased black hair streaked blue, heavy purple eye shadow and pink lips, mouth open in a scream, hands splayed with long red nails. She wears a deep-red velvet low-cut dress with ragged torn bell sleeves and a black studded belt with a silver buckle. Everything behind her is greyscale, so the red figure bursts forward. The background is a suburban street of leaning wooden houses with lit windows, packed with monsters: a hovering bat, a giant spider, a goggled one-eyed creature, a shambling robed zombie with outstretched arms, a bandaged mummy, a car with a ghoulish driver, a gravestone marked RIP, a scarecrow, a wolf, a snake on the cobbles, a small bat-eared figure, and more figures peering along the top edge. Upper left is a large red block logo with a white border; lower left has a white FOR SALE estate-agent sign and a red circular seal of lips. Dominant colours: crimson red, black, white, grey.

Elvira's House of Horrors backglass

Backglass Premium

  • purple
  • black
  • green
  • red

Fingerprint: elviras house of horrors, enormous black-haired female ghoul filling right half with splayed fingers and fanged mouth, moss-green fire-breathing monster looming over grey haunted house with lit yellow windows, grinning top-hatted ghoul carrying lantern and wood-figure flanking purple vintage roadster, big white moon with black bat and red-yellow title block, purple night sky

Distinctive

The enormous black-haired female ghoul with outstretched splayed-finger hand, purple eye-shadow and open fanged mouth, filling the entire right half of the glass. Behind and left of her a moss-green fire-breathing monster head looms over a grey haunted house with lit yellow windows. A grinning top-hatted ghoul carrying a lantern and a raised-plank wood-grain goon flank a rusty purple vintage roadster. The purple night sky carries a big white moon with a black bat silhouette and the red-and-yellow block title over a giant flying wasp.

Setting

  • Swirling purple and magenta night sky
  • Large white full moon with black bat silhouette
  • Grey stone haunted house with lit yellow windows and turret
  • Gothic cemetery with dead trees and wrought-iron fencing
  • Old graveyard monument and crypt sign
  • Giant mossy green fire-breathing monster head

Symbols

  • Full moon with bat silhouette
  • Flying wasp
  • Fireball
  • Black bat
  • Skulls carved on crypt posts
  • Wrought-iron cemetery fencing
  • Dead bare trees
  • Glowing yellow house windows

Lettering

  • Slanted red block capitals with thick yellow and black outlines for the main title, smaller red capitals with black outline on a yellow-edged banner beneath; carved black serif lettering on a hanging stone crypt banner at the right

Themes

  • Horror
  • Gothic
  • Haunted house
  • Graveyard
  • Ghouls
  • Monster
  • Comic book
  • Camp

Title on it

  • Elviras house of horrors

Text on it

  • ELVIRAS
  • HOUSE OF HORRORS
  • DEADHEAD
  • FAMILY CRYPT
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Huge female ghoul on the right, waist-up, pale skin, enormous teased black hair with green and gold streaks, heavy purple eye-shadow, open mouth with red lips and fangs, left hand splayed with long black nails toward the viewer, right hand raised at her cheek with studded black wrist cuff, low-cut black dress
Skeleton Thin skeletal arm and claw hands reaching up from the bottom edge near centre, plus more bones at bottom left
Other Grinning pale ghoul in a torn black suit jacket and tall black top hat at centre-left, holding a lantern out in his right hand
Other Tall emaciated figure at centre with wood-grain bark-textured limbs and face, stubble beard, torn sleeveless top, raising a wooden plank overhead, bloodied hands
Man Bearded man at far right in a straw hat, dark coat and bright red tie, partially cropped by the frame
Other Grey-green skull-faced ghoul with hollow eyes and dark hair at the far left edge, facing right
Animal Giant moss-green frog or toad monster head with bulging eyes and orange flame pouring from its mouth, positioned above the haunted house roof
Animal Large wasp/hornet with striped abdomen and translucent wings flying in front of the title at upper left
Vehicle Rusty purple and white vintage open-top roadster with round headlamps and wire wheels at lower left, driven by a ghoul
Other Ornate grey stone crypt monument with a triangular roof, gothic arch window and a hanging banner sign, plus small skull carvings on its posts
Full description

A horror-comic painted backglass dominated by a huge female ghoul on the right half: waist-up, splayed pale fingers thrust towards the viewer, mouth open showing red lips and fangs, heavy purple eye-shadow, and a towering teased black hairstyle streaked with green and gold highlights. She wears a low-cut black dress and a studded black wrist cuff. To the left, a full moon behind a black bat silhouette sits behind the title lettering, which reads ELVIRAS in large slanted red block capitals with a yellow outline, above HOUSE OF HORRORS in smaller red capitals, both edged in black against a swirling purple-and-magenta night sky. Below and left stand three male monsters: a thin pale ghoul in a torn black suit and top hat clutching a lantern, grinning; a taller emaciated wood-grain-textured figure with a stubble beard raising a wooden plank over his head, blood on his hands; and a suited figure at far right in a straw hat with a red tie. Around them crowd a rusty purple open-top vintage car, a grey stone haunted house with glowing yellow windows and a turret, a giant mossy green frog/monster head breathing fire over the roof, flying insects including a huge wasp, a green-eyed skull-faced ghoul at left edge, skeletal arms reaching from the bottom, and a stone monument sign on the right. Comic-book airbrushed style, saturated purples, greens, reds and greys.