A masked killer known as Sammy the Elf punishes the naughty of a small Midwestern town for the holidays.A masked killer known as Sammy the Elf punishes the naughty of a small Midwestern town for the holidays.A masked killer known as Sammy the Elf punishes the naughty of a small Midwestern town for the holidays.
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Jessa Jupiter Flux
- Amber
- (as Jessa Flux)
Zach Meiser
- Steve
- (as Zachary Meiser)
Dakota Raven Bruton
- Vanessa
- (as Dakota Bruton)
Ricky Bobby
- Nicholas
- (as Ricky Wilson Jr.)
Xavier Mikal
- Gregg
- (as Xavier Harris)
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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.
Writer and Director Steven Morris really knew how what he was doing here and it shows. Forget Silent Night, Deadly Night! THIS is high quality Christmas horror! Great acting, a unique story, great kills, and endearing characters (I'd have a beer with Gregg if it was possible, and Christina was an engaging lead character. Rooted for her all the way!) made He Knows a great genre film!
Put HE KNOWS on your Christmas list, because this film is destined to become a horror classic in the same ranks as Halloween and Nightmare On Elm Street!
9/10! Bring on the sequel and watch out for Sammy The Elf!!
Put HE KNOWS on your Christmas list, because this film is destined to become a horror classic in the same ranks as Halloween and Nightmare On Elm Street!
9/10! Bring on the sequel and watch out for Sammy The Elf!!
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.
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.
After a series of strange murders, a woman becomes convinced a folktale from her past involving a murderous elf punishing the naughty has some true and tries to warn her hesitant friends, but when their holiday trip is crashed by the figure she tries to save them before it's too late.
This was a rather fun indie-themed holiday genre effort. One of the better features here is the main setup of the killer who's given quite an effective starting point here involving the legend of the elf. Tying in a legend involving the elf being the conception of the elves at the North Pole as a son for Santa and has turned evil in the interim hunting down naughty children, the connection between the real-life killer in the town and the family relationship at the heart of the film is all good enough for this kind of genre effort. As well, with the later reveals about what's going on between the particular killer and how their personal connection ties together is a decent enough idea as well to make for a generally decent storyline. That also provides a great baseline for the film's best parts here which revolve around the solid and fun indie-style attacks and stalking scenes. These are featured rather well in here with the film using the idea of the killer's antics carrying out while others are completely clueless or unaware of the true nature regarding the sleigh-bell jingling, masked madman's murderous motivations. That lets the massacre at the friends' house who keeps taking out the various arrivals, the attack on her friends, or the big confrontation at the cabin which has some great gore and stalking scenes come about for quite a lot to like here. There are some flaws here that keep this one down. One of the main issues with the film comes from the wildly chaotic and jangled structure that makes for a tough time staying invested in everything. There's very little here connecting how the various groups know each other and it's mostly left for interpretation until later which makes for a tough time at first understanding how the connections fit together regarding who everyone is or how the cult works. This feature comes out of nowhere and seems designed to specifically open up a potential sequel with little build-up or presence until the end, and with some instances where the low-budget origins shine through and end up bringing this one down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, and drug use.
This was a rather fun indie-themed holiday genre effort. One of the better features here is the main setup of the killer who's given quite an effective starting point here involving the legend of the elf. Tying in a legend involving the elf being the conception of the elves at the North Pole as a son for Santa and has turned evil in the interim hunting down naughty children, the connection between the real-life killer in the town and the family relationship at the heart of the film is all good enough for this kind of genre effort. As well, with the later reveals about what's going on between the particular killer and how their personal connection ties together is a decent enough idea as well to make for a generally decent storyline. That also provides a great baseline for the film's best parts here which revolve around the solid and fun indie-style attacks and stalking scenes. These are featured rather well in here with the film using the idea of the killer's antics carrying out while others are completely clueless or unaware of the true nature regarding the sleigh-bell jingling, masked madman's murderous motivations. That lets the massacre at the friends' house who keeps taking out the various arrivals, the attack on her friends, or the big confrontation at the cabin which has some great gore and stalking scenes come about for quite a lot to like here. There are some flaws here that keep this one down. One of the main issues with the film comes from the wildly chaotic and jangled structure that makes for a tough time staying invested in everything. There's very little here connecting how the various groups know each other and it's mostly left for interpretation until later which makes for a tough time at first understanding how the connections fit together regarding who everyone is or how the cult works. This feature comes out of nowhere and seems designed to specifically open up a potential sequel with little build-up or presence until the end, and with some instances where the low-budget origins shine through and end up bringing this one down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, and drug use.
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.
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.
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- $30,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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