Elves (film)
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Jeffrey Mandel |
| Produced by | Mark Paglia |
| Written by | Jeffrey Mandel |
| Starring |
Dan Haggerty Deanna Lund Ken Carpenter |
| Music by | Vladimir Horunzhy |
| Cinematography | Kenny Carmack |
| Edited by | Tom Matthies |
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| Distributed by |
Action International Pictures AIP Home Video |
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Release date
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October 24, 1989 |
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Running time
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89 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Elves is a 1989 American horror film directed by Jeffrey Mandel and starring Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, and Ken Carpenter.
When teenager Kristen (Julie Austin) accidentally cuts her hand during an "Anti-Christmas" pagan ritual with her friends Brooke and Amy in the woods, her spilled blood awakens an ancient demonic Christmas elf.
The elf is the central figure in a modern-day Neo-Nazi plot to finally bring about the master race that Hitler had always dreamed of conquering the world with. Rather than a race of pure-blood Aryans, it is revealed that Hitler instead dreamed of a race of half-human/half-elf hybrids (it is also revealed that elves figured heavily into a pseudo-cult religion that the Nazis practiced in secret). Kristen is also a figure in this plot as she is the last remaining pure-blooded Aryan virgin in the world, her grandfather being a former Nazi who was once involved in the plot (but is now reformed); he is also her father, as inbreeding was somehow considered crucial to maintaining a pure Aryan bloodline.
Unaware of all these sinister goings-on, the non-festive Kristen continues to sulk her way through the Christmas season as she works at the snack counter of a local department store. Her only solace is Stan, a cute boy who works at the store whom she has a crush on.
Mike McGavin (Dan Haggerty) is an ex-cop who lost his badge when he lost control of his alcoholism. Jobless, penniless, and recently served a notice of eviction from his ramshackle trailer home, Mike turns to his old friend – the manager of the department store – for help, and winds up becoming the store Santa after the prior Santa is murdered by the elf.
Without a proper home, Mike sneaks into the store at night to sleep in the storage room and live off the snack counter left-overs. One night, he hears Kristen, Brooke, Amy and their other friends, Cassie and Jessalyn, who have also snuck in, frolicking through the store as they wait for their boyfriends to show up for an all-night party. Eventually, Amy's boyfriend Lee, Brooke's boyfriend Doug, Cassie's boyfriend Steven, Jessalyn's boyfriend Ross, and Jed, a friend of the group who was invited for the single Kristen, arrive. The shadowy Nazi group also arrives later, planning to kidnap Kristen and find the elf so the master race can finally be made reality.
Jed hits on Kristen, but she turns him down, partly because she is in love with Stan. Jed sulks out and is stabbed to death by a Nazi. The Nazis start preparing their ritual in the mall while the elf begins slaughtering the teens, looking for Kristen. He electrocutes Jessalyn and Ross while they are having sex, crushes Steven's head, and splits Cassie's head with an axe. The Nazis also shoot Lee dead when he walks in on them. Mike wanders out and encounters Kristen, Brooke and Amy looking for their friends. He apologizes for scaring them and helps them search.
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