r.i.p. vampira

On January 10, 2008, Maila Nurmi, better known as the legendary 1950’s Los Angeles B-movie horror hostess “Vampira”, passed away in her sleep at the age of 86. Said to be the inspiration for the Morticia Addams character in “The Addams Family” (among hundreds of other wanna-be Goth-Girls), Vampira was the original “glamour ghoul” and the iconic star of Ed Wood’s “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and was also the subject of the classic song “Vampira” from the classic Misfits 1982 release “Walk Among Us”.

R.I.P. Vampira!