Elfie Hopkins
| Elfie Hopkins | |
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| Directed by | Ryan Andrews |
| Produced by | Billy Murray Michael Wiggs Ryan Andrews Jonathan Sothcott Wayne Mark Godfrey Ciaran Mullaney Riyad Barmania |
| Written by | Ryan Andrews Riyad Barmania |
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Jaime Winstone Ray Winstone Steven Mackintosh Rupert Evans Kate Magowan Aneurin Barnard Kimberley Nixon Gwyneth Keyworth |
| Music by | Jordan Andrews |
| Cinematography | Tobia Sempi |
| Edited by | Peter Hollywood |
| Distributed by | Black & Blue Films Kaleidoscope Entertainment |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Elfie Hopkins is a British horror film directed by Ryan Andrews and co-written by Riyad Barmania and Ryan Andrews. It stars Jaime Winstone, Ray Winstone, Steven Mackintosh, Rupert Evans, Aneurin Barnard and Kimberley Nixon. The film tells the story of an aspiring detective, Elfie Hopkins (Jaime Winstone), who stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family, the Gammons, in her neighborhood. The film was released in the UK on 20 April 2012.
Elfie Hopkins tells the story of twenty-two-year-old slacker (Jaime Winstone), a "wanna-be" detective, set in a sleepy hunting village. She is a stoner and an animal lover, and haunted by the death of her mother and surrounded by her broken father and alcoholic step-mother, Elfie seeks solace and inspiration from the old school detectives in The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown. She entertains herself, along with her geeky best friend, Dylan (Aneurin Barnard), by investigating the villagers and upsetting everyone with their imaginative allegations. Elfie's mundane existence is thrown for a spin with the arrival of a family of trendy city dwellers, the Gammons.
The Gammons weave tales of adventure and seduce the villagers with offers of exotic hunting holidays around the world. It is not long before the villagers are flying off to the four corners of the world. Elfie, despite her best efforts, is not free to the Gammons' charms, but soon smells a rat. Elfie and Dylan begin investigating the Gammons' life. Bloody violence and pandemonium soon starts to rage in the village and it is no longer just the blood of animals. Elfie discovers the villagers are not making those flights and when she finally uncovers the truth, it is darker than she could have ever imagined.
Director Ryan Andrews became friends with Winstone when he was part of the camera crew for Daddy's Girl, an independent Welsh film made in 2006, which also starring Winstone as a teen with a twisted lust for blood. Extending their shared love of fantasy, horror and anything grunge-related, Elfie Hopkins is, says Andrews, "a combination of an eclectic mix of British twee and American grunge – a weird mash-up of two worlds with a heightened comic-strip feel."
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