Elfi Hopkins is a 22 year old slacker and animal lover, who lives in a dull little village where the only thing people to do to pass the time is hunt.
Not one for the hunting, Elfi, With her best (and only) friend, Dillon, occupies her self with the 'detective' games she's played since she was little.
When big city family, The Gammons, move to the village, they soon have the other villagers abuzz with tails of bespoke holiday packages (the Gammons's line of work), and before long the residents of the sleepy hamlet dashing off to the four corners of the globe.
Or do they? Elfi Hopkins is on the case...
The strangest thing about this movie is that the horror element is the twist in the last act, meaning that in order to reach the audience to whom it might appeal, the marketing has to contain spoilers.
And so, Having read the DVD cover to establish this was in fact a horror film, I went in knowing the twist, but not knowing that it was a twist, and then waiting for it to happen.
Right up until the reveal, it comes across in tone and appearance like a Sunday afternoon kids film, but with swearing. In fact, at 22 years old Elfi is entirely too old; if she and Dillon were teenagers, their habit of investigating non existent crimes would make a lot more sense.
Is the movie any good? I'm really not sure... It's not great, by any stretch, but it's impossible to enjoy properly, or judge fairly, with the twist blown.
If I'm completely honest though, I suspect without the waiting for a known reveal, the first 2/3rds of the film would probably have failed to hold my attention.
Besides, given the fact that virtually everyone who watches the movie will know what's coming, as I did, maybe it should be judged that way?
If so, I honestly wouldn't bother. As always, I hate to kick an independent movie, but it's neither quirky enough to be funny, nor serious enough to be straight. As a half hour or 45 min short, I think it could have been really good, as a feature... Meh.
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I watched this one a year or so ago and thought pretty much the same. I was expecting much more from it.
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