Line #28 Film/TheElf


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_elf.jpg]]
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3	-->''You are part of a wild hunt. Any attempt to interrupt the nature of this intent will lead to end. Be warned that it sees all and punishes. You are granted removal of one name from its naughty list.''
4	--->'''The letter that was with the elf.'''
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6	''The Elf'' (''Alternate Title: The Enchanted'') is a Christmas SlasherMovie by Tristan Price.
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8	Victoria (Natassia Halibi) and Nick (Gabriel Miller) are a young couple who are about to celebrate Christmas, despite the latter's [[TheGrinch dislike of the holiday]] owing to a party that he attended as a kid. While checking out an old shop owned by Nick's grandfather, Nick finds an old trunk containing a CreepyDoll of a Christmas elf, and a note that he reads out loud.
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10	After leaving the shop, the two return home and see the doll is now there. Later, they're visited by their families, who've come to spend Christmas with them. They can't leave, however, due to a blizzard raging outside... then the doll starts stalking and killing them.
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12	The film was released on February 14th, 2016. The movie got something of a sequel, ''Film/Elves2017''.
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15	!!''The Elf'' contains examples of:
16	* ChristmasCarolers: A group of carollers shows up in the middle of the movie. The elf kills them with a string of Christmas lights.
17	* ClosedCircle: Everyone is trapped in the house by a snowstorm, unable to leave.
18	* CreepyDoll: The elf doll. When Nick first sees it, its eyes even look solid white. And that's [=BEFORE=] the doll comes to life.
19	* DwindlingParty: The movie starts with 8 people in the house, and ends with [[spoiler:1]].
20	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The majority of the movie happens on Christmas Eve.
21	* GreenAndMean: The elf doll wears a green coat and hat, and is out to kill everyone on its naughty list.
22	* LivingToys: The elf doll is alive and murderous.
23	* MouthStitchedShut: In the prologue, the toymaker is seen sewing a kid's mouth shut.
24	* MurdererPOV: Sometimes, the camera shows things from the elf's P.O.V. as it moves about the house.
25	* OffscreenTeleportation: The elf doll is capable of showing up and moving around when the camera isn't trained on it.
26	* PsychoKnifeNut: The elf doll is regularly seen with a knife in its hand.
27	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Fred and his wife decide to leave in the middle of the movie, and the couple head for their car, [[spoiler: where the elf kills them]].
28	* ShoutOut: When Victoria mentions how she's spending the holidays with Nick in their house, which is located in a large open field, Skye asks her if she's seen ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror''.
29	* ShowerScene: Nick goes into the shower at one point. While he's there, he has a psychotic episode about the traumatic Christmas party from his childhood.
30	* SlasherSmile: The elf sometimes has a rather unsettling smile with straight white teeth and broken, jagged lips.
31	* TheStoner: Skye's first scene has her smoking from a bong.
32	* TwistedChristmas: The movie is about people being killed on Christmas Eve by a killer Christmas elf doll.

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