There's Something In The Barn showed some promise but ultimately it doesn't work as either a horror or a comedy.
An American family moves to Europe when the father inherits a house from his uncle near a small village in Norway. It turns out the barn has a barn elf living in it and in order not to get it mad you have to follow some rules, like in Gremlins. Bad things happen if the rules are broken and the elf calls on reinforcements and they go on a murderous rampage.
The family is for the most part extremely annoying and hard to root for. The rules make no sense. The elves don't like loud noises or bright lights and yet they have a party with very loud music in the third act of the film. A majority of them live in the forest, which begets the question why they are called barn elves if they live in a forest.
The humor is repetitive and gets boring after awhile and some of the decisions the characters make are dumb. After a gruesome murder the family has a conversation that feels completely out of place.
Overall the story is weak and makes very little sense. The comedy is mostly silly especially from the father and falls flat. Do yourself a favour and watch a Finnish film called Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. It's vastly superior.
An American family moves to Europe when the father inherits a house from his uncle near a small village in Norway. It turns out the barn has a barn elf living in it and in order not to get it mad you have to follow some rules, like in Gremlins. Bad things happen if the rules are broken and the elf calls on reinforcements and they go on a murderous rampage.
The family is for the most part extremely annoying and hard to root for. The rules make no sense. The elves don't like loud noises or bright lights and yet they have a party with very loud music in the third act of the film. A majority of them live in the forest, which begets the question why they are called barn elves if they live in a forest.
The humor is repetitive and gets boring after awhile and some of the decisions the characters make are dumb. After a gruesome murder the family has a conversation that feels completely out of place.
Overall the story is weak and makes very little sense. The comedy is mostly silly especially from the father and falls flat. Do yourself a favour and watch a Finnish film called Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. It's vastly superior.