{"id":2120894,"date":"2025-10-28T17:22:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2120894"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:22:38","slug":"elviras-80s-radio-dj-set-is-pure-halloween-retro-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/elviras-80s-radio-dj-set-is-pure-halloween-retro-goodness\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvira\u2019s \u201980s Radio DJ Set Is Pure Halloween Retro Goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For decades, Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark, has been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/elvira-cassandra-peterson-interview-deluxe-elvira-action-figure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the undisputed queen of Halloween;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the undisputed queen of Halloween<\/a>. But the 1980s were her heyday. Back then, she hosted horror films, adorned bedroom posters, and starred in her own feature film. But in 1987, as a Coors Light spokesperson, Elvira curated several Halloween songs for a 3-hour stint as an FM radio DJ. It was all prerecorded, of course, and sent to various radio affiliates across the country. It remained lost for years, but YouTuber <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@canonvids\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Groovy Stuff;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Groovy Stuff<\/a> got hold of the LPs used for broadcast, and uploaded them. You can listen to all 3 hours of Elvira\u2019s Halloween Party from 1987 down below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The most enjoyable part of this, besides hearing Elvira skewer celebrities of the day, is hearing some familiar voices. Cassandra Peterson\u2019s old Groundlings comedy troupe buddy, the late Phil Hartman, shows up, as does his SNL castmate Jon Lovitz. During the broadcast, Elvira plays most of the Halloween hits we expect. So yeah, we\u2019ve got \u201cThe Monster Mash,\u201d and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/put-more-warren-zevon-songs-your-halloween-playlist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Warren Zevon\u2019s \u201cWerewolves of London.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Warren Zevon\u2019s \u201cWerewolves of London.<\/a>\u201d And, of course, \u201cScience Fiction Double Feature\u201d from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. But Elvira also gets esoteric. She includes songs like Fred Schneider of the B-52s\u2019 \u201cMonster in my Pants,\u201d and Sting\u2019s \u201cMoon Over Bourbon Street,\u201d inspired by Anne Rice\u2019s Interview with the Vampire. The Mistress of the Dark throws in a few of her own songs too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Elvira\u2019s \u201980s Radio DJ Set Is Pure Halloween Retro Goodness_1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"541\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/PKfgTWRRb8_zWXr1Fg9Dlg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nerdist_761\/ed46423cca2cb0af7e773006213bec4f\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Elvira<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These days, Cassandra Peterson, the real woman behind the icon, is retired from donning the black wig and tight black dress of Elvira. But, she still curates Elvira as a brand. There\u2019s no shortage of Elvira merchandise during spooky season. But while she\u2019s not wearing the eyeliner anymore, she still sounds just like she did. Maybe she can resurrect Elvira (voice-over only) for a new radio show? We can think of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/a-halloween-playlist-elvira-munsters-nightmare-on-elm-street-vincent-price\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:plenty of spooky hits;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">plenty of spooky hits<\/a> that have come out in the last 35 years that would make for a great playlist. We\u2019d absolutely tune in for Elvira\u2019s Halloween Party Part II.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/elvira-80s-radio-dj-set-is-pure-halloween-retro-goodness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Elvira\u2019s \u201980s Radio DJ Set Is Pure Halloween Retro Goodness;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Elvira\u2019s \u201980s Radio DJ Set Is Pure Halloween Retro Goodness<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nerdist;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nerdist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark, has been the undisputed queen of Halloween. 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But in 1987, as a Coors Light spokesperson, Elvira curated several Halloween songs for a 3-hour stint as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2120895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[402659,347083,402658,367026,388874],"class_list":["post-2120894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-coors-light","tag-elvira","tag-fred-schneider","tag-halloween","tag-halloween-party"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Elviras-80s-Radio-DJ-Set-Is-Pure-Halloween-Retro-Goodness.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2120894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120896,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120894\/revisions\/2120896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2120894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2120894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2120894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}