| The slight little hints that Santa was behind it all as some kind of moral arbiter was cool, giving a different take on the Kris Kringle myth. Is it Krampus: The Christmas Devil that finally ends me? 4/5, Quality as Krampus Film: Holy shit is this a cut above the rest of the pack. The popping in ADR dialogue. Unfortunately, they don’t really have anything about him punishing children in this movie. Take my experience, and check out Night of the Krampus. I liked the cop character despite him starting every sentence with a manly growl. | | He has a dark magenta or crimson re… | Krampus seduces her with some force lightning, and she does her best to look like she’s enjoying herself, but the only emotion she can conjure is the blatant discomfort of a booth babe being manhandled into a selfie by a dude dressed up as “fat Deadpool.” Two things I liked about this movie. De Krampus is een beestachtige demon uit de folklore van de Alpen-regio's.Het woord komt van het Oudhoogduitse woord voor klauw: Krampen. 5/5, the best there is. Get the latest horror news straight into your inbox! It’s really a toss-up between this and Krampus: The Reckoning for top dog among Krampus films I’d never be caught dead watching again. Not in a, “Message all my friends and tell them they have to watch it,” way. It could just as likely be the devil. Amelia Haberman, Mood/Mental State: Guardedly Optimistic Honestly, that wasn’t really so bad. But this still sits firmly on the side of good. Once my eyes readjusted, I honestly forgot the budget in service of the characters and adorable banter. Krampus is currently streaming on Hulu but you'll need to have a premium subscription that includes Live TV in order to watch. It’s crazy to say that something so bad is an oasis of sanity, but it’s just so impossible to conjure up any emotions at all. Khristian Fulmer, 83 min _g1.classList.remove('lazyload'); Gwendolyn Falcon Jay, Krampus carries chains, thought to symbolize the binding of the Devil by the Christian Church. Looks like I’ll make it. Action, Horror, Thriller, Jeremy, a local police officer leads a life of a confusing past, spending his current time searching for his kidnapper as a child. He’s not particularly frightening, but he is a real life Krampus. When that failed to turn up the necessary twelve results, I resorted to hopping between various streaming services and just typing in “Krampus.” Amazon Prime turned out to be the winner here, with the widest assortment of Krampus videos. It’s held back significantly by the overall lack of quality, but at least it does something different. I mean he looks like they just shoved a bunch of monster prosthetics in a Santa coat, but when you get past how he looks it’s probably the most faithful Krampus outside of Krampus. It’s not great, but the acting is solid and characters well developed. 62,107 } | So while the Krampus in Krampus: The Reckoning at least acted like a Krampus, the Krampus in Krampus Unleashed looked more like a Krampus but didn’t act like one. Michael Dougherty But it wasn’t. So how much did I like this particular movie’s incarnation of Bizzaro Kris Kringle?Mood/Mental State: I took the opportunity to write down how I was feeling after each film. _g1.setAttribute('src', _g1.getAttribute('data-src') ); Mood/Mental State: Cynically Content Good, back to what I was expecting. 4.5/5, Quality of Krampus: Here’s an idea. Funny side note, I was actually drinking at the bar featured in the movie the night before. Fun Fact: Turns out that Krampus Unleashed is actually a follow-up to the 2015 hit, Krampus: The Reckoning. And there you have it. It wasn’t good enough to want to love, and wasn’t shit enough to make me hate it. I was expecting way worse. There’s a giant disparity between the good and bad films on this list, and filling the trough between is a lot of grey area. What time did I start? Mood/Mental State: Krampus Night KRAMPUS NIGHT! I wanted to end the night on something I knew would be good, but unfortunately my brain had melted out of my ears at this point. Still, I have to deduct points for the film not actually being scary. “Yes… yes… punish children… yesssss…” Unfortunately, I have to rate it lower, as Santa actually takes center stage and pushes Krampus to the sidelines. We’ll find out soon, because the sequel is up next. ...... See full summary », Director: Quality of Krampus: The Krampus in this video is mostly a real life dude dressed up like Krampus going about a festival and Kramping it up. When did darkness engulf the living room, my only illumination being the warm glow of Krampus as he tortures children on my television. Jason Hull There were a couple gems in there, but overall I feel like my standards just sunk straight into the bottom of a roadside snowbank. 0/5. On December 22, a suburban family gets together to celebrate the holidays—Tom (Adam Scott) and Sarah (Toni Collette), their children Beth (Stefania LaVie Owen) and Max (Emjay Anthony); Sarah's sister Linda (Allison Tolman), Linda's husband Howard (David Koechner), their children Stevie (Lolo Owen), Jordan (Queenie Samuel), Howie Jr. (Maverick Flack), and their baby daughter, Baby Chrissy (Sage Hunefeld) Sarah and Linda's aunt Dorothy (Conchata Ferrell); and Tom's Austrian mother, who is affecti… | It’s light on the scares, but there are some pretty shocking kills. He is hairy, usually brown or black, and has the cloven hooves and horns of a goat. In Alpine Austria and southern Bavaria, this wintertime good-cop/bad-cop routine often exhibits aspects scary enough to put the fear of the devil into adults, not to mention young children. _g1 = document.getElementById('g1-logo-mobile-inverted-img'); | December 3, 2018, 10:00 am. There’s a reason why movies like this are targeted towards people that like getting baked, but even the most undemanding stoner deserves better than this. Krampus Night is a three minute music video by Super Klaus Santa, and mostly involves him repeatedly chanting, “ KRAAAAAAAAAAMPUS NIGHT” like a guy in a high school rock band competition. It started out with an intro from some weird dude in makeup explaining something about Krampus and large breasted women from Jupiter. } catch(e) {}, OMG Watched this with a few friends, and they loved it. _g1 = document.getElementById('g1-logo-mobile-inverted-source'); Read a news article: KRAMPUS! 2.5/5, Quality of Krampus: They change the costume up from the first movie, with a more demonic looking Krampus. A Brief History of Krampus. Disqualified. When I said I hoped for more surprises, this is not what I meant. 2.5/5, Quality as Krampus Movie: I want to disqualify it, but seeing as how Krampus is right in the title I can’t. What do magic mushrooms, Arctic Shamans, and the pagan god Odin have to do with Santa Claus? Yes, like all things once nerdy and obscure, Krampus has taken its place along fantasy novels, wizards, zombies, and Batman in the pop culture zeitgeist. There’s a decent twist, and the main characters actually look and act like real people. It proudly and prominently sits on my shelf, ready and willing for people to run out of ideas for typical Christmas movies and start reaching. 30 min The Krampus costumes at Krampuslaufs are aesthetically varied—they may be reminiscent of devils, bats, goats, abominable snowmen, or something out of a Guillermo del Toro movie. It’s a more competent movie than Krampus: The Reckoning, but it’s also entirely uninteresting. I mean I guess it’s cute if you look at it from that perspective, but why is this on Amazon and not attached to a family email showing everyone what Peter made during his intro to animation summer camp? Steven Hoban, Andrew Ferrick, Krampus is a 2015 American Christmas comedy horror film based on the eponymous character from Austro-Bavarian folklore, written and directed by Michael Dougherty, and co-written by Todd Casey and Zach Shields. If you’re looking for something wildly different and don’t mind some poor quality filmmaking, it’s an okay pick. If these movies aren’t going to try, then why should I? Quality of Film: The budget definitely gets in the way, but I’ll be damned if Night of the Krampus isn’t charming as hell. Stars: 7 Stephen King Movies Were Just Added to Shudder, The Boulet Brothers’ Creatures of the Night, Top 5 Christmas Horror Movies to Give You Some Yuletide Chills, The Anti-Claus is Coming to Town! Doin… var _g1; Let it be known that this movie is where I started drinking. Mood/Mental State: Dead I have now watched over 12 actual hours of Krampus films. I can confirm it is chantable while drunk. | Mood/Mental State: Excited! The jokes are all hammy, but I was chortling through the whole thing. 99 min Adam Scott, As far as holiday traditions go, it’s pretty par for the course. Or maybe she just herds goats. So this year, I decided the best way to celebrate the holidays was to give each of these Krampus films a shot. Elfriede Irrall, Short, Horror. And yet somehow it’s better than some of the other Krampuses on this list. The terrible video quality. Merry Christmas! | Gross: Jason Hull There are already complaints that Krampus is becoming too commercialized and losing his edge because of his newfound popularity. Go read that. At this point, I really needed a break. That was funny. Once again, toss-up. KRAAAAAAAAMPUS NIIIIIGHT! If only they could have made it not crap…, Quality of Film: If this weren’t Krampus night, I wouldn’t have ever given any thought to watching Krampus Unleashed. | In hindsight, I really should have put this somewhere in the middle as a mental break. Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password. Quality of Film: Holy hot garbage. Honestly, it should be grateful I decided to just give it a neutral N/A rating. I have watched the Krampus films, and I have survived. It’s actually about a totally different German Christmas myth, Frau Perchta, who likewise steals children around Christmas time. Instead of tossing together parts of a goat costume and maybe throwing on a Santa hat, why not just find the biggest dude you can, paint him blue, and throw on some horns. A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home. There isn’t enough booze left to get me through this. Stars: Sure, it’s a terrible film, but it does do some interesting stuff. First was Santa, who turns out is kind of a dick. Hopefully there are a few other surprises in the mix. Monica Engesser, _g1.classList.remove('lazyload'); Andrew Jay, Mood/Mental State: Why am I not drinking faster? Quality of Film: This is a really solid movie to watch around the holidays. The krampus is just a goat dude, and they don’t even have the money to make its tracks look right. if ( localStorage.getItem(skinItemId ) ) { Director: 1.5/5. This might take the cake. 0/5. 1/5, Quality as Krampus Film: There’s a certain amount of respect that I have to have for Krampus: The Christmas devil. James Ray, If the movie weren’t eye-meltingly unwatchable, it might even be just okay. Mercifully only 7 min long. Watch a vIdeo: KRAMPUS! Which is unfortunate, because I could not figure out what this movie is. At first I was excited for this movie, now i wanna ***** shove a Christmas tree up KRAMPUS'S KRAMPUSSY! Director: Allison Tolman, Votes: By the end, it was not good. 2/5. Shawn C. Phillips, Originally titled 12 Deaths of Christmas, the renaming is a blatant attempt to cash in on the “popularity” of Krampus. | This is pretty much the definition of a movie that was better than expected, but not great. $42.59M, Not Rated Particularly memorable is the slug-clown, and the believable take on classic fairy tale lore. Action, Horror, Thriller, Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster that punishes ... See full summary », Director: At one point Santa (not Krampus, Santa) forces the lead to have sex with his own kidnapped daughter and get her pregnant. There comes Krampus , there comes Krampus, PG-13 Still, 5/5. 2/5, Quality as Krampus Film: Even as the blandest of films, this still puts it close to the top of shitty Krampus knockoffs. The film stars Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell, Emjay Anthony, Stefania LaVie Owen, Lolo Owen, Queenie Samuel, Maverick Flack, Sage Hunefeld, and Krista Stadler. So Krampus wins no matter what...in case you thought that he was dreaming, he was not, he was remembering. If the first movie … There’s also nothing to really set this apart as a “Krampus” and not just a wendigo. It’s downright unwatchable. Jesus, and I had such high hopes just 30 minutes ago. Kevin Tye, 16 With the release of Krampus on December 4th, here are 12 horror films to enjoy this Christmas - from Silent Night, Deadly Night to Jack Frost. If you’re having a good movie marathon, it’ll be too bad to like. George Buza, There’s some fun you can have with it, but not much. Hans Holt, It’s just serving a purpose. But that's just a myth. I fear for the worst. WTF Many of these postcards depicted Krampus going after children with his sticks, leading them away in chains, or carrying them off in his bag. Stars: var _g1; A little more goofy Krampus melty-murders would have been preferable to the pointless investigative drama. Watching it, I was surprised to find that the Krampus was the least of the film’s problems. His long, pointed tongue lolls out, and he has fangs. This movie was great two years ago, and is great now. Luckily, I had already seen A Christmas Horror Story before, so I didn’t have to pay too much attention. Mood/Mental State: Disgusted/Confused Wow, so this is how my night is going to go, huh? .5/5, Quality of Krampus: He’s just the devil. Fantasy, Horror, Mystery. It’s most generously described as serviceable. I assembled my list of twelve, set the dates, and promptly forgot about it until three nights ago. It’s unfortunate, because that would have been a really cool Krampus. %privacy_policy%. And if you want to watch Santa force a man to have sex with his daughter in an Eyes Wide Shut fever dream, then check out Krampus 2: The Devil Returns, you sick fuck. What sets A Christmas Horror Story apart from other anthology films (aside from being good) is that all four stories play out simultaneously. Horror. When Santa starts screaming in a kid’s faces, calling him, “little motherfucker” while watching Krampus beat him to death with a stick, it becomes too much. As much as I snidely furrow my brow and take a sip from my cup of holier-than-thou when I hear about another quirky pop-trend being turned into a film, I found the Krampus movie to be great. If this was just some kid, his first blunders are being immortalized more than many of us could ever dream.0/5, Quality as Krampus Film: And yet, it still isn’t the worst thing I watched tonight. _g1 = document.getElementById('g1-logo-inverted-img'); | The first of the many, many cash grabs I watched tonight, Krampus: The Reckoning is kind of notorious for its terrible CGI monster. I know they have always gone for the scattershot approach to filling their video libraries, but someone somewhere should have seen this and deleted it. So… 3/5… I guess? Thomas Smith This is what the tequila wants. Make sure to write your suggestions in the comments below. Robert Conway Owning a camera does not give you any obligation to use it to make a feature length film that will oneday torture a hapless horror critic. It’s only about 30 minutes long, and really charming. Unfortunately, I just can’t count it. Quality as Krampus Film: Disqualified You might argue with me on this one, but never in the movie do they even mention that the horned monster trapped in ice is Krampus. Director: Just because you own a camcorder does not mean you need to make a movie. 2.5/5, Quality of Krampus: This is where the film flounders the most. It wasn’t exactly crack detective work, as it’s the same director and production company for both movies. On December 22, a suburban family gets together to celebrate Christmas —Tom (Adam Scott) and Sarah (Toni Collette), their children Beth (Stefania LaVie Owen) and Max (Emjay Anthony); Sarah's sister Linda (Allison Tolman), Linda's husband Howard (David Koechner), their children Stevie (Lolo Owen), Jordan (Queenie Samuel), Howie Jr. (Maverick Flack), and their baby daughter; Sarah and Linda's aunt Dorothy (Conchata Fer… It’s a low bar, but this film is kinda watchable. Chestnuts and open fires, Jack Frost and noses, mistletoe and disappointment, etc… And what tradition is more enduring than shameless horror movie knockoffs!? After a string of movies that tested even my tempered patience, Rare Exports was fantastic. No longer is it the property of Hot Topic teens who also ironically thank Satan before Thanksgiving dinner. Jay Dobyns, I tend to avoid this world of imitation cash grabs designed almost exclusively to confuse drunk people and the elderly. The shots are mostly passable, and I don’t remember the audio cutting awkwardly more than once. 3/5, Quality of Krampus: Not a Krampus. I’ve tried to be professional. “Hey guys, have you heard of this whacky and obscure German Christmas Myth called Krampus!?! | Second was the psychopath played by Bill Oberst Jr. Jason Hull, Director: Is this what it takes to kill me? The characters draw you in, and the threat doesn’t feel stupid. The reason for this large discrepancy of behavior is simple; the authors of the movies knew very little else about the actual Krampus themselves. 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