In 1985, Elvira began hosting a home video series called "ThrillerVideo", a division of International Video Entertainment (IVE). Many of these films were hand-selected by Peterson. Choosing to stay away from the more explicit cannibal, slasher and zombie films of the time, these were generally tamer films such as "The Monster Club" and Dan Curtis television films, as well as many episodes of the "Hammer House of Horror" television series. Since she had refused to host "Make Them Die Slowly," "Seven Doors of Death," and "Buried Alive," however, the videos were released on the "ThrillerVideo" label without Elvira's appearance as hostess. After this, several extended episodes of the British namesake series "Thriller" (i.e. "The Devil's Web," "A Killer in Every Corner," "Murder Motel") were also released without an appearance by Elvira; in some, such as "Buried Alive," the cast replaced her.