The Elf
2016 · Movie · R · 91 min · ★ 4.2 · 18% critics
A man troubled by recurring nightmares inherits an old toy shop and finds a strange elf doll locked away with a list of family names. After the doll is brought into the open, unsettling events begin to follow, forcing him to confront buried fears and a dark presence tied to the past.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-02-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 18/100
- TMDB rating
- 4.2/10 (20 votes)
About
You might enjoy this if you like bargain-bin holiday horror and can laugh at awkward pauses, muddled storytelling, and rough performances; Not for you if you want tight pacing, clear plot answers, or real scares like The Invoking.
Pros: fun killer-doll premise; decent elf animation; eerie theme song | Cons: slow, dragged pacing; confusing, under-explained story; weak acting and audio
Themes
- killer doll
- killer toys
- christmas horror
- christmas
Cast & crew
Natassia Halabi
as Victoria
- GM
Gabriel Miller
as Nick
- LM
Lisa May
as Tiffany
- LH
Lassiter Holmes
as Robert Conway
Les Best
as Delmar
- VO
Viviana Ozuna
as Stephanie Conway
- JE
Joseph Daniel Ellis
as Marcus
- LH
Loren Haskins
as Angel
- LG
Leo Garza
as Montoya
- AG
Amy Jo Guthrie
as Sky
Directed by Tristan Price