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Director:
Jeffrey Mandel
Writer:
Jeffrey Mandel (writer)
Genre:
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Tagline:
They don't work for Santa anymore!
Plot:
A young woman discovers that she is the focus of an evil nazi experiment involving selective breeding and summoned elves... See more » | Add synopsis »
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NewsDesk:
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Dan Haggerty ... Mike McGavin
Julie Austin ... Kirsten
Deanna Lund ... Kirsten's Mother
Borah Silver ... Kirsten's Grandfather
Mansell Rivers-Bland ... Rubinkreuz
Christopher Graham ... Willy
Laura Lichstein ... Brooke
Stacey Dye ... Amy
Winter Monk ... Kurt
Jeff Austin ... Emil
Allen Lee ... Dr. Fitzgerald
Paul Rohrer ... Professor O'Conner

Ken Carpenter ... Shaver
Michael Tatlock ... Hugh Reed
Michael Herst ... Sgt. DeSoto
Chris Hamner ... Kevin

D.L. Walker ... Dave (as David Walker)
James Albert ... Mark
Douglas K. Grimm ... Dead Santa
Bob Holland ... Wino
Lisa Crisp ... Salesgirl #1
Kamey Pignotti ... Salesgirl #2
Sarah Serby ... Girl on Santa's Lap
Kenneth Graham ... Boy on Santa's Lap
Jodi Blunt ... Santa's Pretty Helper
Richard Luna ... Bell Ringer
Sheila Allard ... Librarian
Heidi Morrow ... Bitchy Coed
Deborah Aspinwall ... O'Conner's Wife
Jessika Stratton ... O'Conner's Daughter #1
Laura Reinsch ... O'Conner's Daughter #2
Marie Bishop ... Rosa
Denise Strong ... Amy Under Wraps (as Denise Denver)
Don Dowling ... Detective #1 (as Don Downing)
Chris Begley ... Detective #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Boyd Sr. ... Mall Cop
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Directed by
Jeffrey Mandel 
 
Writing credits
Jeffrey Mandel (writer)

Produced by
John Fitzgerald .... executive producer
Jerry Graham .... executive producer
Dan Haggerty .... associate producer
Al Loberger .... line producer
Dale Mitchell .... executive producer
Mark Paglia .... producer
Michelle Werry .... line producer
 
Original Music by
Vladimir Horunzhy 
 
Cinematography by
Kenny Carmack  (as Ken Carmack)
 
Film Editing by
Tom Matthies  (as Tom Mathies)
 
Casting by
Gerald I. Wolff 
 
Production Design by
Kari Stewart 
 
Makeup Department
Evan Campbell .... sculptor
 
Production Management
Karol Reynolds .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Denise Strong .... second assistant director
 
Special Effects by
Evan Campbell .... designer and sculpturer: elf fetus
Bryan Sisson .... special effects assistant
 
Stunts
Bob Bragg .... stunt coordinator
 
Other crew
Janet Fikany .... wet body double
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
UK:18 (cut) | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Company:
Action International Pictures (AIP)See more »

Did You Know?

Goofs:
Factual errors: When Mike McGavin asks the librarian about books on the occult, he is referred to section "666". In an American library, which uses Dewey Decimal Classification, books on parapsychology and the supernatural would be reserved in 130. 666 is actually for ceramic and allied technologies.See more »
Quotes:
Dead Santa:[whispers] Santa said ORAL.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Cinema Snob: Elves (#3.45)" (2011)See more »

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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Bizarre plot, 13 June 2006
Author: Tikkin from United Kingdom

The best thing about Elves is most definitely the plot. The acting is so-so, the elf itself (yes, there's only one elf) is OK but a bit cheesy looking when you get to see it. You don't get to see it very much sadly. I didn't really get bored whilst watching Elves, which I was thankful for. The bizarre plot keeps you wondering what will happen next, especially after revelations about in-breeding and Nazis. There is one hilarious line when the girls brother says "Is everything going to be alright?", to which she replies: "No Willy, granddad's a Nazi".

The main problem with Elves is that it doesn't really do much. Yeah, the plot is bizarre, but the film doesn't really do it justice. You don't get to see much of the elf, so really the film is more like a bizarre story being narrated by the characters, as opposed to an actual film.

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