Vampira is dead. Long Live Vampira!

Rob Instigator · 01.15.2008, 11:00 AM

Vampira is dead. Long Live Vampira

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Maila Nurmi, whose "Vampira" TV persona pioneered the spooky-yet-sexy Goth aesthetic, has died, coroner's officials said. She was 85.

Nurmi died Thursday afternoon at her Hollywood home, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said. The cause of death has not been determined, Corral said.

Nurmi created her Vampira character -- reminiscent of Charles Addams' spooky New Yorker cartoons -- to host horror movie broadcasts on KABC TV in Los Angeles in 1954.

With darkly mascaraed eyes and blood-red lipstick, Nurmi appeared each week in her revealing black dress and slinky fishnets to introduce such films as "Revenge of the Zombies" and "Devil Bat's Daughter."

floatingslowly · 01.15.2008, 12:35 PM

old goths don't die, they just need less makeup.

Rob Instigator · 01.15.2008, 12:58 PM

Vampira was PRE-Goth!

LifeDistortion · 01.15.2008, 02:28 PM

Two Inch Nails
Micro Waist
With a pale white feline face
Inclienation eyebrows to there

Vampira

R.I.P.

Rob Instigator · 01.15.2008, 02:30 PM

yes!

Black dress moves in a blue movie
Graverobbers from outer space
Well, your pulmonary trembles in your outstretched arm
Tremble so wicked

Two inch nails
Micro waist
With a pale white feline face
Inclination eyebrows to there

Mistress to the horror kid
Cemetary of the white love ghoul, well
Take off your shabby dress
Come and lay beside me

Come a little bit closer
Come a little bit closer
Come a little bit closer
Come a little bit closer to this

Vampira, vampira, vampira

floatingslowly · 01.15.2008, 02:37 PM

the bats have left the bell tower
the victims have been bled
red velvet lines the black box
Maila Nurmi's dead

am I doing this right?

pbradley · 01.15.2008, 02:40 PM

Vampira >>>>>>>>>>>>> Elvira

One of the true bits of Americana that I'm sad to have missed.

Rob Instigator · 01.15.2008, 02:46 PM

she started her horror movie show in LA in 1954. hell yes.

LittlePuppetBoy · 01.15.2008, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

yes!

Black dress moves in a blue movie
Graverobbers from outer space
Well, your pulmonary trembles in your outstretched arm
Tremble so wicked

Two inch nails
Micro waist
With a pale white feline face
Inclination eyebrows to there

Mistress to the horror kid
Cemetary of the white love ghoul, well
Take off your shabby dress
Come and lay beside me

Come a little bit closer
Come a little bit closer
Come a little bit closer
Come a little bit closer to this

Vampira, vampira, vampira

I was thinking of this song when I saw the thread name. It's a good song too.

Everyneurotic · 01.16.2008, 12:29 AM

this sucks.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.16.2008, 04:07 AM

Vampira's dead, undead undead undead

sun city girl · 01.16.2008, 07:35 AM

she was from finland.

nicfit · 01.16.2008, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

this sucks.

ha hah ahhaaa!

back in serious mode, rip.. peculiar woman.

01.15.2008, 11:00 AM	#1
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	Vampira is dead. Long Live Vampira LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Maila Nurmi, whose "Vampira" TV persona pioneered the spooky-yet-sexy Goth aesthetic, has died, coroner's officials said. She was 85. Nurmi died Thursday afternoon at her Hollywood home, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said. The cause of death has not been determined, Corral said. Nurmi created her Vampira character -- reminiscent of Charles Addams' spooky New Yorker cartoons -- to host horror movie broadcasts on KABC TV in Los Angeles in 1954. With darkly mascaraed eyes and blood-red lipstick, Nurmi appeared each week in her revealing black dress and slinky fishnets to introduce such films as "Revenge of the Zombies" and "Devil Bat's Daughter." __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	old goths don't die, they just need less makeup.
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01.15.2008, 12:58 PM	#3
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	Vampira was PRE-Goth! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.15.2008, 02:28 PM	#4
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Two Inch Nails Micro Waist With a pale white feline face Inclienation eyebrows to there Vampira R.I.P.
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01.15.2008, 02:30 PM	#5
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	yes! Black dress moves in a blue movie Graverobbers from outer space Well, your pulmonary trembles in your outstretched arm Tremble so wicked Two inch nails Micro waist With a pale white feline face Inclination eyebrows to there Mistress to the horror kid Cemetary of the white love ghoul, well Take off your shabby dress Come and lay beside me Come a little bit closer Come a little bit closer Come a little bit closer Come a little bit closer to this Vampira, vampira, vampira __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.15.2008, 02:37 PM	#6
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	the bats have left the bell tower the victims have been bled red velvet lines the black box Maila Nurmi's dead am I doing this right?
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Vampira >>>>>>>>>>>>> Elvira One of the true bits of Americana that I'm sad to have missed.
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01.15.2008, 02:46 PM	#8
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	she started her horror movie show in LA in 1954. hell yes. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Vampira's dead, undead undead undead
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01.16.2008, 07:35 AM	#12
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	she was from finland. __________________ SOME SOME SOME SOME I MURDER, SOME A SOME I LET GO
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