...it's Vampira! Well, we have emerged from the dire situation in Dirty Harry, but now we have to face this frightening character. Aw, she's more camp than scary. Vampira, aka Maila Nurmi, hosted her own series called The Vampira Show in the 50s. She was also in the Ed Wood classic Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Misfits could be the house band for Vampira, or for that matter Elvira, MST3K, and Son of Svengoolie, although their heavy punk energy would overwhelm the light-hearted humor of those shows. Their songs are influenced by classic B-type sci-fi and horror movies. Vampira is either an homage to the legend or simply a basic description of her. The rhythm guitar and bass are a wall of grungy mud. Glenn Danzig's voice is a V8 engine, powerful and smooth, as opposed to the spitting rancor of Jello Biafra or Johnny Rotten. He sings like a demon on wheels; perhaps he's being pursued by The Crimson Ghost, whose ghoulish skull serves as the group's logo.
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