'Elvira' Staking Out Another 'Mistress of the Dark' ...

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, aka actress Cassandra Peterson, has teamed up with reality TV producer Stuart Krasnow and FremantleMedia North America to pitch an unscripted project featuring contestants competing for a one-year contract to portray Elvira in various personal appearances.

Contestants would be put through elimination challenges designed with a macabre twist. Elvira herself will serve as 'tor-mentor' to the group.

Peterson has played the horror movie hostess Elvira for more than 25 years, inspired in part by the original 1950's TV vamp 'Vampira', who appeared in director Ed Wood's "Plan 9 From Outer Space".

FMNA, which produces shows like Fox's American Idol, would produce.

Peterson would executive produce.

"We're looking at a show where the cast is going to be sleeping in coffins in a pretty scary place," Peterson said.

"And part of the production will be shot in Transylvania".