So long, Lily
For all of us fans of horror camp, this last week brought sad news with the death of
Vyonne DeCarlo a.k.a.
Lily Munster. Her passing caused me to muse on the early "horror" shows of TV.
Besides the
Munsters we had
The Addams Family, a little more twisted venue. How could we forget the late
Carolyn Jones as
Morticia?
While these two shows gave us the undead with a funny bone, there was one show that adhered to the horror canon. Does anyone remember
Dark Shadows? Interesting concept, a soap opera with vampires. I remember the girls were crazy about the show. I found it too slow. I wanted blood and gore dammit and in the pre-cable days,
Dark Shadows was as macabre as you could get on daytime TV.
Years later,
Cassandra Peterson, as
Elvira Mistress of the Dark, brought back some of the campy vamp, emphasizing of course, a plunging neckline. But who am I to carp about fashion trends?
More recently, we had the wildly popular
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Still, I'll miss
Lily Munster. What about you?