In "Glamour Ghoul," a niece of Maila Nurmi — better known as Vampira — documents the exciting, ... a.k.a. Vampira, fools around with Elvis Presley in 1956 in Los Angeles.

In "Glamour Ghoul," a niece of Maila Nurmi — better known as Vampira — documents the exciting, ... a.k.a. Vampira, fools around with Elvis Presley in 1956 in Los Angeles.

Elvira, 40 Years Later: Cassandra Peterson on Dolly Parton, Vampira, Elvis’s Ghost, and Her New Comic Retrospective ...

The Vampira Show officially debuted on L.A.’s KABC-TV May 1, 1954. On it, Nurmi appeared wraithlike, ... There were Vampira fan clubs; she palled around with James Dean and Elvis; ...

Town Square Cassandra Peterson on Elvira, Elvis, and endurance as a horror icon. Plus, comedian and horror aficionado Dana Gould shares the legend of Vampira and her gothic powerhouse presence ...

Vampira and Me Despite a regrettable dearth of visual material of Maila Nurmi in her signature role as early TV horror icon Vampira, R.H. Greene's docu succeeds admirably in transposing his 2010 ...

Even if you never saw Vampira’s TV show — and few did — fans everywhere can enjoy her work in a variety of Z-grade movies, most famously, Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), in which ...

Maila Nurmi, December 21, 1921 - January 10, 2008 Hollywood has lost another legend. Maila Nurmi, who became synonymous with her character, Vampira,… ...

Maila Nurmi, whose "Vampira" TV persona pioneered the spooky-yet-sexy Goth aesthetic, has died, coroner's officials said. She was 85.

Super7's new Vampira ReAction Figure adds eerie glow-in-the-dark charm for avid collectors and horror lovers. This 3.75” figure pays homage to 50s horror, offering a nostalgic macabre twist to ...

The name Maila Nurmi may not ring any bells at first, but her alter-ego, Vampira, was nothing short of a belle from hell! Read on for 8 little known facts about this Gothic goddess!