High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elvira`s Movie Macabre (or sometimes simply Movie Macabre) is an American comedy television show that airs B grade horror movies, occasionally interrupted by comments from the hostess, Elvira (played by Cassandra Peterson). In some episodes during intermission, Elvira would get an unexpected phone call from a character called "The Breather" (played by John Paragon) who would only call and tell Elvira weird jokes. The title shown here is the title the film was shown under on the show; many B-grade horror films were re-released with different titles.