Creature from the Woods is the second segment or "chapter" in the 2023 Christmas Black comedy film Nisse.
Premise[]
While Billy tries to help the wounded baby creature he found, his family's trip into the forest to find a Christmas tree ruffles some feathers.
Plot summary[]
Billy and Maggie take care of the wounded baby creature and name it "Nisse" after a Scandinavian legend of gnome-like creatures that live in farmhouses. Maggie nicknames the creature "Niss" for short. Billy and Maggie come into the tool shed every day with leftovers from breakfast, lunch and dinner, feeding Nisse anything that they can find in their fridge. Steve, Richie, and Kevin find out about the elf and decide to help care for it. One night, alone in the tool shed, Nisse eats a tabby cat that stumbles into the shed. The next day, the family goes to a Christmas event where people can sled, drink hot chocolate, build snowmen, and pick out Christmas trees. The family sets out into the forest to find the perfect tree. They are suddenly separated from one another, each of them being dragged away by elves. Billy and Steve escape and find each other, fighting the elves together and saving each other's lives. Nonetheless, they are still annoyed with the fact that they were paired together. On a quest to find their parents, the boys find a man claiming to be Santa who explained the events that lead to this very moment. The family finds each other as they all hug and Santa watches.