Elves (Nisser) S01

This show was my pick. A creepy-cosy Christmas story with murderous elves. Sounds good for middle of summer, no? xD 

So the there were two kinds of elves in the Nordic folklore. The farm elves that make sure your farm is prosperous as long as you take care of your elf and bring it food every night. If you fail to take care of your elf it will bring the farm to ruin with disease, fire and economic ruin. The other kind were the forest elves that were tricky and cunning little bastards who protected the forest at all costs. If you didn't ask permission to take something from the forest then you'll suffer for taking from it. 

This show is a twist on the latter kind. 

Josefine and her family arrive at the remote Danish island of Årmandsø. They live in the Copenhagen area and are always busy so they decided they'd rent a house out on the countryside and just spend time together as a family over Christmas. A family get-away. 

Their visit starts off badly as they hit something with their car. The something runs away and the family shrugs it off while Josefine is concerned for it. Despite her parents telling her no she returns to the place where they hit the thing and she takes it with her to care for it and nurse it back to health. Soon enough her brother gets involved and when the girl he likes tells him about the island's history and what the big ass fence is for, things start to get a little bit dangerous.

The elves are creepy and extremely dangerous, and a whole lot of people will die before the season is over.

Each episode is only 20-25 minutes long so it's a quick and easy watch. Toni grumbled a bit because it was in Danish and he'd have to read the subtitles :P Tbh I had to read the subtitles too. I usually don't have a problem with understanding Danish but a lot of the time they talked quietly or murmured or slurred or talked crazy fast so even I had trouble keeping up. Didn't have that problem with The Rain. 

Both of us agreed that this wasn't the best thing we've watched, but it wasn't bad either. I enjoyed it, but it never got to the point of omg I need to find out what happens next. It was just an easy and enjoyable watch.