He Knows

He Knows is a horror film about Sammy the Elf punishing those on his naughty list. Young Christina witnesses her father and brother being murder by Sammy the Elf.

Years later Sammy the Elf returns and he is killing off old friends of hers. The movie itself isn't bad, but it could use a bit of trimming. 100 minutes is a bit long for this sort of thing. 75 - 85 minutes is closer to an ideal run time for a picture like this.

There are some pretty good kills. Character wise, I'm not sure that there too many likeable characters in the film.

The film is shot well, and the special effects are pretty good. I did notice one continuity issue with Jessa Flux's character. Her hair has some pink in it. Then at one point there is no pink. Just a minor issue, but noticeable.

Most of the cast is unfamiliar to me except for Lynn Lowry (Sugar Cookies, Shivers), Jason Crowe (Space Babes from Outer Space, Don't F in the Woods) and Jessa Flux (Murdercise, Debbie Does Demons).

I guess your enjoyment depends on how much you like these type of movies, or if you're a fan of any of the cast.

There is a post credits scene in this.

I have watched this movie 3 times already I had to buy the DVD. I highly recommend this movie if you like slasher movies. I thought the actors were awesome did amazing job. I hope there will be a sequel of this Movie. I thought the young Johnny is an awesome actor I seen him in other movies also.. The little girl that played Christina I have seen her in other movies. She is amazing actress. I thought the director and writer did a great job on this. I see one of the actress is on local TV daily. I believe this movie can win awards with the actors that are in this movie. Anyway I recommend watching this Christmas Slasher. I love the part when Christina says Johnny were in the world are you. That scene was hilarious.

As far as home-made horrors go, this one is definitely in the top tier of the lowest grade - but it's not without some issues that are hard to get over.

Mainly, that there is some really poor casting, and some of the acting is quite bad.

For example, they have a 15 year old girl- with tits and acne- playing a ten year old girl...which just doesn't work, as it comes off as completely unbelievable.

With there being acting issues, pretty much across the board (less a few exceptions).

The story revolves around a serial killer that is supposed to an elf, named Sammy, who has taken it upon himself to reap vengeance on the naughty- no matter what age they might be.

It begins in the past, with Sammy killing a boy and his step father.

Before fast forwarding to the present, with the surviving children from the flashback now being parents themselves.

And Sammy returning for a second round of killing.

To the filmmakers' credit, they do a pretty good job of character development in this.

With the lore being sufficient enough to drive the plot forward.

So, if you can get over the horrible acting, and poor casting choices...it's actually a pretty competent Christmas themed slasher.

Which was much more engaging and entertaining than I expected it to be.

The elf is basically just a guy in a mask...which would normally be a fail...but they manage to work a reasonable explanation for this into the plot.

So it doesn't end up being too bad in the end.

The only thing that really kills the vibe is the aforementioned casting of the little girl.

But that aside, it's certainly a worthwhile little slasher...especially if you don't expect much going into it.

Placing it, solidly, among the top tier of the lowest grade of low budget horrors.

But it's where it belongs...on tubitv.

3.5 out of 10.

Set design was so lazy! Just go rent a cabin and call it a day. This has to be one of the laziest set designs i've ever seen in any movie. There was no feeling of rhe Christmas season at all, other than a couple royalty free tracks. To mention there was no score to speak of either. Sometimes it sounds like the audio is coming straight from the camera mic cause it sounds very tiny and hollow and its very distracting.

The characters were also lacking in any redeeming qualities to set them a part. You have the token black guy blah, blah nothing stands out in the acting department.

The mask was pretty cool and the overall look of the film wasn't too bad.

Sadly this one missed the mark, and I'm glad it was free to watch.

This slasher is pretty corny with solid kills and production value. The performances are so bad that it dragged so much in the second half.

A pretty large cast and Meiser was the only stand out actor who seemed somewhat believable with his character. Although some scenes were kind of funny, specifically the lines Mikal delivered. But the rest of the large cast didn't do this film any favors.

The editing could've tightened this into a short or even a feature of 70 to 75 minutes. I think the script could have used some rewrites too but the poor performances don't deserve 100 minute runtime.

I was involved a comparably bad movie before. Scratch that, the one I was in was worse. So it's hard to not relate. But story and acting are what sustains a film. It's almost a waste of resources to have good sound and decent cinematography if the script and performances can't hold up.