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The Elf

  • 2016
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
2.4/10
2.6K
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The Elf (2016)
Nick is haunted by night terrors stemming from a tragic murder he saw when he was young. After inheriting an old toy shop, he discovers a cursed elf doll sealed inside an ancient chest with a naughty list of his family's names written on it. He soon discovers that the elf was an evil conduit meant to unleash a supernatural killing spree during the Christmas Holidays by whomever set it free.
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Nick is haunted by the night terrors resulting from a tragic murder he saw when he was young.Nick is haunted by the night terrors resulting from a tragic murder he saw when he was young.Nick is haunted by the night terrors resulting from a tragic murder he saw when he was young.

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    • Tristan Price
  • Writer
    • Tristan Price
  • Stars
    • Natassia Halabi
    • Gabriel Miller
    • Lassiter Holmes
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.4/10
    2.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tristan Price
    • Writer
      • Tristan Price
    • Stars
      • Natassia Halabi
      • Gabriel Miller
      • Lassiter Holmes
    • 33User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Natassia Halabi
    Natassia Halabi
    • Victoria
    Gabriel Miller
    • Nick
    Lassiter Holmes
    • John
    Lisa May
    • Tiffany
    Viviana Ozuna
    • Lauri
    Joseph Daniel Ellis
    • Jeremiah
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    • Delmar
    Margareta Fratila
    • Martha
    Amy Jo Guthrie
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    Loren Haskins Alonzo
    • Angel
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    Pat Turner
    Pat Turner
    • Grandpa Fred
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      • Tristan Price
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    1Gunnar_R_Ingibjargarson

    The Elf, if you can find them.

    A young man who inherit an old toy shop starts to feel he's not alone. Calling this a B-movie, would be an insult to B- movies. This is a ultra trash.
    2paul_m_haakonsen

    Forget about the elf and go somewhere else...

    Wow! This movie was terrible!

    I managed to endure 35 minutes of it, before I gave up out of sheer and utter boredom. Nothing, and I do mean literally nothing, had happened in the 35 minutes.

    The storyline was flat and pointless.

    The characters were one-dimensional cardboard cut outs that had no personalities and were portrayed by actors whom seemed not to buy into the movie themselves.

    There were also continuity errors as well; one scene where the guy found the elf doll it was snowing behind him then as the camera angle changed the snow was gone but it magically returned as the camera angle changed again. And also when the couple was having a conversation about the elf doll in their home, the woman's shirt was alternating between being pulled up or down as the camera angle changed.

    For a horror movie then "The Elf" offered little, if anything at all, which would make it appealing to anyone. I didn't find anything worthwhile in the movie. And despite only having suffered through 35 minutes, then I can in all honesty say that I am not returning to finish it ever.

    Stay well clear of this movie!
    1timmicken

    Nooooooo

    The reviews are correct and actually nicer then they need to be. This movie is terrible. Whoever funded it made a terrible mistake. Please pick a charity next time. The worst acting, no apparent story line and an absent director. Pour a drink and enjoy.
    1karlsaville

    Not QUITE the worst film I've ever seen.

    Not QUITE the worst film I've ever seen - after all, it IS in colour. But it's pretty close. It's certainly the lowest IMDb score I've given.

    Firstly everyone in the film appears to have some significant physical disability or disfigurement. The lead actress is suffering from some kind of lip bloat, so her face resembles an over-inflated deep sea fish. The lead actor experiences frequent epileptic episodes which the camera rather cruelly continues filming. Either that or he's under the mistaken impression that this constitutes method acting. One of the characters who is 13 feet tall seems not to possess articulated limbs. Or a neck. Or a spine. I assume he is rotated into position by a hidden platform operated by dwarfs.

    The elf of the title is a small doll approximately the size of a man's fist, who wields a miniature knife the length of a sewing needle. Using this fearsome instrument he somehow manages to dispatch most of the cast in the movie. Possibly because they are handicapped by the weight of their lips or their inability to articulate their limbs.

    I'm not sure. I fast-forwarded most of the film and then abandoned it. But don't take my word for it - knock yourself out. Advisedly during the opening credits.
    1joelkirsopp-349-820907

    Probably the worst film I have ever watched

    Please avoid this movie at all costs. What can I say terrible acting, terrible CGI and all in all the worst movie I have ever seen. Unfortunately I had to give it 1 other wise it would not even get that. Please save yourself a wasted evening and watch something else, anything else just not this.

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    • Trivia
      When Grandpa Fred and his wife leave they get into the same car that NIck was driving earlier.
    • Goofs
      At the 24 minute mark when Victoria is accusing Nick of placing the elf on the shelf, the way she is wearing her jacket changes from over the shoulder to off the shoulder between shots.
    • Connections
      Followed by Elves (2018)

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
      • France
    • Languages
      • English
      • American Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • Эльф
    • Filming locations
      • Texas, USA
    • Production company
      • Pikchure Zero Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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