The Best Cassandra Peterson Movies, Ranked
57 credits from 1972 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020) comes out on top with a score of 65. The biggest box office hit is Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (1980) with $41.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Cassandra Peterson Box Office Hits
Cassandra Peterson's films have made $108M worldwide in total. Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (1980) is the biggest hit at $41.7M, ahead of Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (1997) ($18.8M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie 1980 · Action $41.7M $41.7M dom. - 2
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun 1997 · Adventure $18.8M $18.8M dom. - 3
Stroker Ace 1983 · Action $13M $13M dom. - 4
Dear God 1996 · Comedy $7.14M $7.14M dom. - 5
The Sting II 1983 · Crime $6.35M $6.35M dom. - 6
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 1988 · Horror $5.6M $5.6M dom. - 7
Coast to Coast 1980 · Comedy $4.5M $4.5M dom. - 8
Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again 1982 · Comedy $3.79M $3.79M dom. - 9
Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again 1982 · Comedy $3.79M $3.79M dom. - 10
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 1986 · Mystery $3.75M $3.75M dom.
The Best Cassandra Peterson Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Cassandra Peterson has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 15 films, and Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020) is the pick of them.
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Comedy 15 films Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! 2020 · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice) Movie Echo Score: 65 - Horror 7 films Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 1988
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Adventure 2 films Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island 2019 · as Elvira (voice) Movie Echo Score: 53 - Action 2 films Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie 1980 · as Hostage (Groundling)
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Sci-Fi 1 film The Munsters 2022 · as Barbara Carr Movie Echo Score: 53 - Mystery 1 film Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 1986 · as Sorais
- Crime 1 film The Sting II 1983 · as O'Malley's Girl
The Best Cassandra Peterson Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Cassandra Peterson's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
- 2020s 3 films Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! 2020 · as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice) Movie Echo Score: 65
- 2010s 7 films Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island 2019 · as Elvira (voice) Movie Echo Score: 53
- 1990s 8 films Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun 1997 · as Elvira
- 1980s 15 films Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie 1980 · as Hostage (Groundling)
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1970s 2 films Roma 1972 · as (uncredited)
The Latest Cassandra Peterson Movies
The most recent films Cassandra Peterson is credited on, newest first — starting with The Munsters (2022). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Munsters 2022 · Barbara Carr
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In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover 2020 · Host - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark - Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! 2020 · Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island 2019 · Elvira (voice)
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LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood 2016 · Drella Diabolique (voice) -
First Period 2013 · Ms. Glenn -
Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas 2013 · Artie Duke -
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: Night Of The Living Dead 2010 · Elvira -
Elvira’s Movie Macabre: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula 2010 · Elvira -
All About Evil 2010 · Linda -
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto 2009 · Amber (voice) -
The Boneyard Collection 2008 · Elvira (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
The Best Cassandra Peterson Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Cassandra Peterson films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Cassandra Peterson movie?
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020) is the best-rated Cassandra Peterson film, with a Movie Echo Score of 65, ahead of The Munsters (2022) (53) and Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019) (53). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Cassandra Peterson movie?
Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (1980) made the most at the box office, with $41.7M worldwide, followed by Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (1997) with $18.8M. Together, Cassandra Peterson's films with box office figures have made $108M.
What is the best Cassandra Peterson comedy movie?
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020) is the best-rated of Cassandra Peterson's comedy films, with a score of 65. In other genres: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (horror), Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (adventure) and Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (action).
What is the newest Cassandra Peterson movie?
The newest film on Cassandra Peterson's filmography is The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2025), with Cassandra Peterson as Self.
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