Horror Crush: Elise Richards

We recently inducted the gorgeous Lisa Orgolini from Trick or Treat into Horror Crushes. And, now it is time that we do the same for her equally stunning costar in that cult classic, the lovely Elise Richards!

Richards only has two movies to her credit, but before her short lived foray into film acting she appeared in a music video for infamous 80s shock rock/ metal band W.A.S.P. That video was for one of their biggest hit songs "L.O.V.E. Machine". Her scene is short (above), so it's kind of a blink it, and you'll miss sort of deal. Regardless, the video is great, and she fits in well with all the other stunning and sexy ladies in it. Man, don't you miss when metal videos had hot women in skimpy outfits?

Anyway, say what you will about W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless nowadays being a fucking Trumper, but at least back then he made some great tunes. An interesting connection to the movie that we are about to talk about, Trick or Treat, is at one point, Lawless was seemingly gonna play Sammi Curr. Being that he had his own issues with censorship battles, at the height of the whole stupid Satanic Panic thing, it would've made sense. But, Tony Fields rules as the role. And, well, there's Blackie's questionable political views which would definitely creep into my mind every time I would've watched this movie in present times...

Anywho, I already talked about Trick or Treat in my aforementioned Orgolini induction, so I'll just give you the TV Guide (you guys do remember TV Guide right?) style synopsis. Controversial heavy metal rocker Sammi Curr (Fields) comes back from the grave and causes death and mayhem, while young metalhead and fan of his "Ragman" (Mark Price) tries to stop him.

The movie is a lot of fun and is even more awesome then I remember it being. The leads are good and the music, by Fastway, is awesome. Also, we get cameos by hard rock/ metal legends Gene Simmons of Kiss and Ozzy Osbourne. Also also, the recent Synapse 4K is a total must have. 

Richards looks absolutely gorgeous in this movie and is good in her role as bitchy bad girl Genie Wooster. She is the girlfriend of the lead bully in the movie. As such, she is a jackass and a snob to our hero. But, a jackass that looks great in a binkin.

She appears in one of the film's most memorable scenes. When she finds a tape of Sammi's unreleased, last album, she listens to it on her Walkman. Soon, an unseen force turns her on and feels her up, She gets topless, and a demon appears as she bleeds from her ears. I think this solidified my crush on her as a kid, cuz this part of the movie has lived in my mind rent free ever since. And, mine you, I had only seen this movie that one time, when I rented the tape. That is until years later, and I watched that 4K disc last month!

But, I mean how could it not? She's is insanely beautiful, gets seduced, and is topless. Plus, there is a demon and heavy metal music involved. Pretty much checking all the boxes for kid me.

She only did one more movie after this, Valet Girls (which I never seen or heard of), but that's it and not a horror movie. She does however appear in the extra features of the aforementioned disc and is still beautiful! Her character also appears, in artwork based on that above mentioned scene, on one of the limited edition covers and the Fright-Rags tee based on said image. I may not own that version of the disc, but I am very happy to own the shirt. 

Elise Richards had a very short career in entertainment. But, her beauty and her role in the classic Trick or Treat are absolutely unforgettable. Forever burned into my brain, it is with great honor that I induct her into Horror Crushes!