Kirsten (Julie Austin) has not had a good Christmas. While performing a ritual in the woods against Christmas, she accidentally cuts herself and her blood awakens a long buried elf. Kirsten's mom (Deanna Lund) is a megacrank, for reasons we find out later. Kirsten's grandpapa (Borah Silver) is also evil, for reasons we find out later. Kirsten gets to know the chain smoking department store Santa/recovering alcoholic Mike, haggardly played by Dan Haggerty. Mike is also suspicious of certain creature reports, and he and Kirsten find themselves involved in a murder spree in the department store Mike and Kirsten work at.
Despite the title, there is only one elf in the film. He is ugly as all get-out, but is obviously a very hard-to-maneuver plastic effect, since he never closes his mouth. Haggerty has a cigarette in his mouth in every scene, including a silly gunfight where no one seems to get shot. It took three writers to come up with this story- the film supposedly takes place around Christmas, but the holiday seems to be worked in to the story after the set designer frequented a couple of clearance sales at the mall. One drawback is the fact that this film is very ugly. It is mean. It is not scary, and not fun in a scary way. It is just plain mean. The cast goes through the film never seeing the elf, even though it is two feet high and stands in the middle of everything. I have had less trouble finding my car in a crowded parking lot than these idiots have of finding the stupid elf. "Elves" is bad, and joins the entire "Silent Night, Deadly Night" series in proving that "Black Christmas" is still the scariest Christmas movie ever made. I suggest you skip this one.
