20 Boo-tiful Photos of Elvira, Undisputed Queer Queen of Spooky, Over the Years

13 Boo-tiful Photos of Elvira, Undisputed Queer Queen of Spooky

Cassandra Peterson -- a.k.a. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark -- has always been a queer icon. But when the ghostly host came out this year, she even further endeared herself to LGBTQ+ fans. Finally, Elvira has come out of the shadows!

In celebration of Elvira's next chapter -- and hey, it's Halloween -- take a look back at these boo-tiful portraits over the years proving why she is the undisputed Queer Queen of Spooky. And make sure to check out her just-released Out100 cover story.

Elvira's Sinema Seance Show at Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Haunt, October 24, 2013

Elvira, Alice Cooper at the 26th Grammy Awards

Elvira at Knott's Scary Farm, September 29, 2017

Elvira, Jaime Lee Curtis, 2007, Annual Dream Halloween Benefit Children Affected By AIDS Foundation

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Premiere Party, September 27, 1988 at the Loeb Boathouse, Central Park

Elvira, Portrait, 1983

Midnight Screening of Elvira's Haunted Hills, 2019

Elvira, Cannes Film Festival, May 1987

Elvira, Peaches Christ at Horror Hunt Film Festival, Vista Theatre, September 13, 2012

Elvira, 1970

Elvira, 1985

Elvira, 2003, Photocall for Elvira's Haunted Hills, Cannes Film Festival

Cassandra Peterson, RuPaul, Drag Race Season 3 Premiere Party

Elvira, 1986, West Hollywood

Elvira and Imitators

Cassandra Peterson and partner Teresa 'T' Wierson

Elvira, Premiere Party of Elvira's Haunted Hills, 2002

Cassandra Peterson, Paul Reubens, Golden Globes, 1985

Yours Cruelly, Elvira