Elves (1989) | Custom (VHS)

Title: Elves (1989)

Alternate Title: Elves

Genre: Horror / Christmas / Exploitation

Plot Synopsis
During an “Anti-Christmas” pagan ritual in the woods, teenager Kirsten accidentally spills her blood and awakens an ancient, demonic Christmas elf tied to a sinister neo-Nazi plot to engineer a master race. As the creature begins stalking her and her friends, an unemployed ex-cop working as a mall Santa teams up with Kirsten to uncover the bizarre conspiracy behind the killings. What unfolds is a chaotic collision of occult rituals, twisted family secrets, and one of the strangest holiday horror films of the late 1980s.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Jeffrey Mandel

• Writers: Jeffrey Mandel, Mike Griffin, Bruce A. Taylor

• Cast:

  • Dan Haggerty as Mike McGavin

  • Julie Austin as Kirsten

  • Deanna Lund as Kirsten’s mother

  • Borah Silver as Kirsten’s grandfather

  • Mansell Rivers-Bland as Rubinkraur

YouTube Trailer: Elves | Trailer

IMDb: Elves (1989)

Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. Patrick Pryor — ★★★★★
   “Nobody in this rager acts like a human being… Just when you think this movie tops itself in absurdity, it hits another insane peak a scene later. Classic.”

2. SpOoky Lukey Video — ★★★★½
   “Chain-smoking, alcoholic mall Santa vs. horny, Nazi-prophecy Christmas elf? What more could you want in a Christmas movie?”

3. Pink⚸Meanie — ★★★½
   “It’s not truly the Christmas season until I hear that timeless exchange… ‘No, Willy, Gramps is a Nazi.’”

4. ChrisFHD — ★★★★
   “This movie is absolutely insane and I think it broke my brain a little bit. Must be seen to be believed.”

5. Tony the Terror — ★
   “Ugh. This was a mess and not the good kind. There are about 573 movies crammed into one here and none of them are good.”

Meta Description: A wildly bizarre 1989 holiday horror oddity, Elves pits a killer Nazi elf against a hard-drinking mall Santa, blending occult shock value with outrageous exploitation excess.