Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Cover art for the Atari ST
Developer(s)	Horror Soft
Publisher(s)	Accolade
Designer(s)	Alan Bridgman Keith Wadhamsa Michael and Simon Woodroffe
Artist(s)	Paul Drummond Michael Landreth Philip Nixon
Composer(s)	Dave Hasler
Engine	AberMUD (modified)
Platform(s)	Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release	1990
Genre(s)	Point-and-click adventure, survival horror, role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single-player

Review scores
Publication	Score
CVG	84% (PC)
Dragon
CU Amiga	84% (Amiga)
Raze	85% (PC) 83% (Amiga)
Zero	93% (Amiga, Atari ST, PC)
Zzap!64	81% (C64)

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a survival horror video game developed by Horror Soft and released by Accolade in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and MS-DOS computers. It was Horror Soft's second published game after 1989's Personal Nightmare and stars the actress Cassandra Peterson as her character Elvira the witch.

In Mistress of the Dark, Elvira is held captive by dark forces in the castle of her ancestor, Queen Emelda. The player's character is to enter the castle to rescue Elvira and prevent the imminent return of the long-dead evil sorceress. The well-received game was followed by Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus in 1991 and the spiritual successor Waxworks in 1992.

Elvira is a first-person perspective mix of a role-playing game and point-and-click adventure game.

The game begins following events of the 1988 film Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. After the death of her evil Uncle, Vincent, Elvira has inherited Killbragant Castle and has restored it to its former glory, planning to turn it into a tourist attraction for horror fans. However, while doing this, Elvira has inadvertently awakened a horde of monstrous followers of her distant ancestor, the powerful wicked witch Queen Emelda. The monsters imprisoned Elvira in the castle and began preparations to use her for the return of their mistress. The player's character has been called upon to help by Elvira to help her prevent Emelda's resurrection. The evil sorceress died centuries ago before she could take over and rule the world, but has made a pact with the devil to be brought back to life in the future. In the beginning of the game, the player is captured by the queen's undead minions. He is then rescued by Elvira and asked to help get her powers back, and to find a way to send Emelda back to hell before it is too late.