Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter (2012)
"Elfie Hopkins" (original title)

An aspiring teen detective stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family in her neighborhood.

Director:

Ryan Andrews

Writers:

Ryan Andrews (story), Riyad Barmania (story)

Stars:

Ray Winstone, Rupert Evans, Kimberley Nixon

Cast

Credited cast:
Ray Winstone	...	Butcher Bryn
Rupert Evans	...	Mr. Gammon
Kimberley Nixon	...	Pippa
Jaime Winstone	...	Elfie Hopkins
Kate Magowan	...	Mrs. Gammon
Steven Mackintosh	...	Michael
Aneurin Barnard	...	Dylan Parker
Julian Lewis Jones	...	Harry Hopkins
Amanda Drew	...	Susannah Hopkins
Will Payne	...	Elliot Gammon
Richard Harrington	...	Timothy Jenkins
Gwyneth Keyworth	...	Ruby Gammon
Sule Rimi	...	Constable Kelly
Claire Cage	...	Lotty Jenkins
Alastair Cumming	...	Mr. Parker

Storyline

An aspiring teen detective stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family in her neighborhood.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | amateur detective | teenage detective | character name in title

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some drug use

Details

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter

Filming Locations:

Coast, Wales, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black & Blue Films, Size 9 Productions, Tweed Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

the last half hour is okay

I came across this title in one of the horror magazines I read and having a child called Elfie I saw this laying for a dumping price at a sell out of one of the HMV stores in London. What I did know was that people hated it or loved it. In between didn't exist.

Elfie Hopkins (Jaime Winstone) lives in a boring village on the country side and the only thing she does is getting a fight with her step-mother and doing investigations with her friend Dylan Parker (Aneurin Barnard) throughout the town and getting stoned together. Suddenly new neighbours appear, the Gammons and people disappear in the town. Both they start to do their homework on the Gammons.

What the film delivers is a lot of blah blah. It's only at 1 hour that we see what the Gammons really are. It's also the moment that a bit of black humour comes in with the severed ear for example or the waving with the arm but for many it will be too late to save this slow moving flick. It takes maybe 3 minutes and we move further into a lot of blah blah because nobody believes Elfie.

You can easily spot that Dylan is in love with Elfie and that takes an important part too throughout Elfie Hopkins. There isn't any gore or nudity to spot. It's just about two friends involving into a story they couldn't see coming.

Did I like it or hate it. It's hard to tell because it isn't for everybody due the talking and it do has a severed head here and there. On the other hand it isn't like Twilight were nothing really happens except whispering towards each other. And it isn't also an arty horror. Just one of those flicks that stands alone, maybe forget the first hour, it's from that point that it turns into a nasty thing.

Gore 1,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 1/5