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144 Reviews
Great story, terrible acting
diescobarmdq29 November 2021
I kept wishing that the annoying little girl get eaten by the elves.
The story and idea is great, the setting, the music and the slow reveal of the creatures are amazing. However, the acting... Especially that girl was terrible. She did everything you should not do.
I was really rooting for the monsters to get her.
The story and idea is great, the setting, the music and the slow reveal of the creatures are amazing. However, the acting... Especially that girl was terrible. She did everything you should not do.
I was really rooting for the monsters to get her.
A wasted opportunity
moveafrica29 November 2021
Dark Danish Tale
Pairic30 November 2021
Elves: A Danish horror series, a family from Copenhagen go to a remote island for Christmas. This is no ordinary isle, the locals are keeping a secret, the local forest creatures , the Elves, are kept behind an electrified fence. Cattle are given as sacrifices to appease the wood dwellers. The tourists upset the balance when the tourist family daughter, Josefine, tries to adopt an injured infant Elf. The adult Elves are like burrow dwelling killer apes they bite out throats, feast on their human prey even while they still live. Quite dark and the horror level is certainly adult even if the intended audience is teenage. Reminiscent of The Wicker Man in parts but here the locals are unwelcoming and warn the family off from the start. Directed by Ron Ezra with Stefan Jaworski as head writer. Six 25 minute episodes on Netflix. 7/10.
Elves
Tweekums8 December 2021
This Danish series is centred on a family who are holidaying on a remote island. When they arrive they ask how to get to their accommodation and are advised to take the coastal road; the father decides to ignore the advice and takes the road through the islands forested interior. Here their car hits something. Josefine, the daughter thinks it was a creature of some sort but her father insists it was just a pothole. When she gets out of the car and heads towards a large fence a local calls her back. He tells the family that the road is private and they should leave immediately. Later Josefine returns and finds a strange little creature; she takes it back and cares for it. When the locals learn that a creature has been taken from the forest they worry; it would appear that it is a baby of a very dangerous species; the adults of which will be angered.
I thought this series was rather fun. There are only six episodes, of twenty five minutes, so it can easily be watched in one or two sittings. The story is fairly simple but effective. I liked the idea of a Christmas movie about vicious elves... a bit like the monstrous Santa Claus in Finnish film 'Rare Exports'; if not quite as disturbing. The setting is good; an island automatically adds a sense of claustrophobia and explains why these creatures might not be widely known about. The cast is solid; as there aren't too many characters one is unlikely to ever get confused about who is who. The effects are good; thankfully the makers didn't feel the need to show the adult elves too early on; keeping them mysterious added to their creepiness. Overall a fun little series that is well worth watching if you want something a little darker at Christmas.
These comments are based on watching the series in Danish with English subtitles.
I thought this series was rather fun. There are only six episodes, of twenty five minutes, so it can easily be watched in one or two sittings. The story is fairly simple but effective. I liked the idea of a Christmas movie about vicious elves... a bit like the monstrous Santa Claus in Finnish film 'Rare Exports'; if not quite as disturbing. The setting is good; an island automatically adds a sense of claustrophobia and explains why these creatures might not be widely known about. The cast is solid; as there aren't too many characters one is unlikely to ever get confused about who is who. The effects are good; thankfully the makers didn't feel the need to show the adult elves too early on; keeping them mysterious added to their creepiness. Overall a fun little series that is well worth watching if you want something a little darker at Christmas.
These comments are based on watching the series in Danish with English subtitles.
Juvenile but fun show!
imranahmedsg20 February 2022
Elves replace zombies in this Danish childish thriller. Childish perhaps but good fun for adults too.
The plot revolves around a family visiting a remote Danish island inhabited by meat eating elves. The adventures of the young daughter starts a series of unfortunate events and .. you'll have to watch it to know the rest!
The plot revolves around a family visiting a remote Danish island inhabited by meat eating elves. The adventures of the young daughter starts a series of unfortunate events and .. you'll have to watch it to know the rest!
Mixed feelings - creepy, but too slow, too drawn out, and a little too convenient writing :-(
stevebondi1 December 2021
Creatures were interesting (puppets and CG), and creep factor was pretty good. But, could have made it better as a movie, and with a bit tighter writing. Some content is just not suitable for the long form of TV series.
Very poorly directed
paulemail-3935528 November 2021
NOT EVERY show has to be a Shakespearean play or BIG BUDGET FILM, this was ENTERTAINING!!
joiningjt3 December 2021
I love the elves especially the little guy the acting is mediocre at best but it's a low budget production about evil elves so you're not going to get Daniel day lewis to star in it. The dubbing doesn't help either but we watched all 6 episodes and binged them only 6 episodes and only 30 minutes each so it was easy. Wish it would have been 8 1 hour shows they could have done so much more!! We're hoping for a season 2 as it just started to rick!! Lately we only like shows from other countries American shows and films have become so plastic so cookie cutter so Hollywood so ehh!!
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
nebohr17 July 2022
If the father had followed the coast road as he was told then he would not have run over the baby. So everything that results from that action is the fault of the father, not the daughter.
Josefine is a kind -hearted girl who feels it is her duty to rescue the injured baby.
Unlike the Josefine character it would seem that many reviewers are quite the polar opposite: cold -hearted and unsympathetic.
Josefine is a kind -hearted girl who feels it is her duty to rescue the injured baby.
Unlike the Josefine character it would seem that many reviewers are quite the polar opposite: cold -hearted and unsympathetic.
Please kill off Jose in Season 2
kleneklein6 December 2021
I have never in my life felt so much hatred for a movie character. This idiotic selfish bratt destroyed an entire island community with her rose colored glasses BS mentality and got to walk off in the end without being portrayed as the antagonist in this movie.
I spent every minute of the movie wishing the most horrendous deaths upon Josie and to a lesser degree to her beta parents. Now I feel robbed off a good ending. I hope that elf baby grows up and ends up killing her entire family and most of Denmark. Season 3 can then pivot to focus on Jose in a rehab home while facing her mental health issues as she is battling PTSD and survivors guilt.
I spent every minute of the movie wishing the most horrendous deaths upon Josie and to a lesser degree to her beta parents. Now I feel robbed off a good ending. I hope that elf baby grows up and ends up killing her entire family and most of Denmark. Season 3 can then pivot to focus on Jose in a rehab home while facing her mental health issues as she is battling PTSD and survivors guilt.
bad bad bad
shirlone29 November 2021
Sorry I couldn't get past the dubbing. The plot was weak but it is after all for Christmas. I couldn't get past the poor acting either. If you like these kind of shows then i recommend it but otherwise it is better off being skipped.
Dark Christmas Tale
Dragonborn6415 December 2021
Christmas, sort of. A selfish city family vacation in a remote island, destroy everything and go home. Pretty entertaining story where nobody really learns anything- if you love something, set it free, kid- the girl remains clueless throughout. Dad desperately tries to be young trading insults with his son and over sharing. Mom is an overprotective frump. There is a good spin on how cluelessly entitled some of us are. I did enjoy it.
Unrealistic or bad parenting
martinmedrano-3974517 January 2022
The story had potential but flawed. A daughter old enough to know right from wrong is constantly disobedient, causes the near destruction of an entire town and all they can say is "i know bunny... you haven't done anything wrong". That's either bad parenting or very unrealistic writing.
Bigger A-Holes in English or Danish?
wildernessbarbie7 December 2021
I'm not sure how accurate the English translation is, but the parents, the Dad especially, is a complete a-hole. Mocking his own kids for every tiny emotion they have, asking his young teen son if he "slipped the tongue" to a young girl he just met, offering them pot brownies, undermining his wife at every turn... his son is not much better, and the wife is dismissive and just a terrible mom in general.
Trite, predictable, frustrating, and completely lacking in pay off. Highly suggest a hard pass.
Trite, predictable, frustrating, and completely lacking in pay off. Highly suggest a hard pass.
I honestly don't get the bad reviews
dougfm4 December 2021
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Yeah they made some questionable decisions but they certainly don't warrant the trash reviews I'm seeing. The CGI and puppetry were very believable, as were the performances from all the actors. The ending leaves it wide open for another season and I hope that happens.
The creatures make it worth watching
sinanpalloks10 December 2021
I honestly enjoyed it. The writing should have been a little more compact and I head some issues with the continuity of the characters emotions/ideologies, but the creatures (especially the adult ones) are beautifully designed, characterized and introduced into the story. Both SFX and VFX know how to combine their advantages. I don't know if you need another season but I would give it a try.
No good
rudolphi28 November 2021
Terrible. I guess this is a premature judgement because I am halfway through the second episode. But I just couldn't stand the child character at the center of this story. And the adult characters are not too far behind either. Really disappointing. I was really looking forward to this series.
Stupid people stupid world
geirnj28 November 2021
This is what happens when stupid grownups blindly listen to stupid young girls.
I was annoyed about this and that nobody but one woman had any thoughts for themselves and only cheer on stupidity.
Good series. This is what happens.
I was annoyed about this and that nobody but one woman had any thoughts for themselves and only cheer on stupidity.
Good series. This is what happens.
Why nobody slaps Jose
varun_lambo-7301929 November 2021
Not bad, bad, but bad
allankaaber28 November 2021
I don't know why they made this series. Whats the point with it? Children should listen to their parrents or bad things will happen? And when people die because of a childs bad behaviour everything will be forgiven because shes 13?
Cute elf though.
Cute elf though.
Simple yet engaging.
tillypollard29 November 2021
Fun dark Christmas show
Icestarfish-11 December 2021
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