The taunting is over and the haunting begins in the third and campiest installment of the Elvira pinball trilogy! The game was developed in collaboration with the Whizbang Pinball Studio team of Greg Freres and Dennis Nordman. Greg and Dennis developed the first two Elvira games. Now in this new adventure, the iconic character, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark is trying to sell her mansion through “Alternate Realty”, Elvira’s house is haunted by the movie characters from her past. These ghouls, ghosts, monsters, and strange assortment of vintage characters with horrific acting skills seek revenge on Elvira while she and the player confront them, sending them back to the “film” from which they came! Elvira’s House of Horrors immerses players in a fun, campy, B-movie universe filled with all of the humor expected from the Mistress of the Dark including custom speech and, in a pinball first, exclusive filming of Elvira for custom video scenes featured throughout the game!
Not only are there plenty of custom call-outs by Cassandra Peterson (Elvira), Tim Kitzrow also does many custom call-outs. Kitzrow has done MANY voices over the decades including the NBA Jam voices (booooom Shakalaka!)
The Premium, Limited Edition, and Signature Edition models all feature Elvira’s “House of Horrors”, a frightening Victorian fixer-upper, full of creepy charm and supernatural surprises.
Players can gain access to the mansion through the front door, the cellar, or through the garage which is guarded by a gravestone drop-target. An orchestra of color changing RGB lights accentuates the house in sync with the different “House Haunts” featured throughout the game. Lighted windows and a spinning attic turret track players’ progression on their pinball journey.
If a haunted mansion wasn’t enough to keep your skin crawling, beware of the “Deadhead Family Crypt”! This mausoleum houses a variety of characters that need an awakening courtesy of a steel silver ball to their head. This interactive crypt will keep players on their toes with the Crypt entrance unleashing balls from a separate location while also becoming a physical bash toy. And with Elvira’s pending move from her hopeful home sale, the interactive Elvira’s “Junk in the Trunk” toy allows players to lock balls for a frantic two-ball multiball.
There are roughly 40 different campy B horror movie’s that have clips in this game including:
A Bucket Of Blood (1959) Attack Of The Giant Leeches (1959) Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) Don’t Look In The Basement (1973) Eegah (1962) Hercules And The Captive Women (1963) I Eat Your Skin (1964) Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1965) Lady Frankenstein (1971) Manos: The Hands Of Fate (1966) Monster From A Prehistoric Planet (1967) Night Of The Living Dead (1968) Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964) Scared To Death (1947) Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) The Giant Gila Monster (1959) The Killer Shrews (1959) The Manster (1959) The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1973) The Terror (1963) The Wasp Woman (1960) The Werewolf Of Washington (1973) The Wild Women Of Wongo (1958) Tormented (1960) Untamed Women (1952)
Elvira: House of Horrors includes Stern’s Insider Connected system, which includes a QR code reader on the bottom arch that enables players to interact with the game and this new network in a variety of ways. Stern Insider Connected provides new entertainment and player engagement features and an operator focused tool set to drive location play and remotely manage every aspect of the machines. Insider Connected will include a full scope of features scheduled for roll out over the next year.
