Los Angeles Film Festival 2012

Vampira and Me

(USA, 2012, 106 mins)

World Premiere

Producer: R. H. Greene
Cinematographers: Sean Peacock, Larry Herbst, R. H. Greene
Editor: R. H. Greene
Featuring: Maila Nurmi, Gloria Pall, Dana Gould, Gabrielle Geiselman, Jennifer Van Goethem, Satan's Cheerleaders

Before Elvira, there was Vampira, the playfully ghoulish host of a local L.A. late night horror movie show. Camp before camp existed, a Goth before her time, she became a national celebrity in the mid-Fifties, then disappeared, briefly surfacing in Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space. What became of her? Utilizing rarely seen archival footage and delving deep into the layers of Vampira’s story — her friendship with James Dean, her close brush with a murderer, her lawsuit against Elvira, her years in Hollywood exile — R.H. Greene, who knew her well, has created a loving, personal portrait of the remarkable woman behind the chalk-white mask.

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