In 2004, Nick Zedd, the bad boy of 70s East Village underground cinema, director of They Eat Scum and Geek Maggot Bingo, created an uncharacteristically lighthearted tv series for Manhattan cable. The Adventures Of Electric Elf  is a D.I.Y. comedy about a couple of costumed super heroes, one of whom is a chihuahua. Now, I’ve seen many of Zedd’s grimy transgressive films and none of them prepared me for this sweet, candy-colored spoof. Zedd seems to have mellowed since his Lord Of The Cock Ring days. Though, he has kept his street cred by casting NYC downtown legends Annie Sprinkle, Taylor Mead and Brenda Bergman.  

By day Electra Elf is Jennifer Swallows, a mild-mannered reporter for Art Star Scene Magazine and Fluffer is Boobie, a chihuahua-clothes model, but when danger calls, the two put on stylish leotards and kick butt, taking down corrupt senators, sleazy frat-boys, satanic cults, landlords, zombie-tourists and other miserable malcontents.

The Adventures Of Electric Elf is now available on DVD.