A department-store Christmas becomes entangled with a Nazi conspiracy and one deeply unconvincing elf. The plot is astonishingly overqualified for the available creature, but slow stretches and meandering explanations keep the holiday madness from becoming a reliable crowd-pleaser.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
7/10
Plot
10/10
Effects
8/10
Dialogue
6/10
Rewatchability
4/10
“One elf. Several conspiracies. A deeply overworked explanation.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 70
Synopsis and movie facts
While conducting a pagan ritual in the woods with her friends, Kirsten inadvertently awakens the spirit of a demonic Christmas elf involved in a neo-Nazi plot to bring about the master race. After the rent-a-Santa in her department store is murdered, an unemployed, alcoholic ex-cop takes the job and the two set out to unravel the mystery.
